Joseph Heller Quotes

I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred to me.

Joseph Heller

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• I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred to me.

  

  Joseph Heller
  • Writing
  • Subjects
  • Sacred