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J.D. Salinger quotes: The goddam movies. They can ruin you. I'm not kidding The goddam movies. They can ruin you. I'm not kidding
J.D. Salinger quotes: I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't. I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I was surrounded by jerks. I'm not kidding. I was surrounded by jerks. I'm not kidding.
J.D. Salinger quotes: One thing? One thing I like? Okay. One thing? One thing I like? Okay.
J.D. Salinger quotes: That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dressed up in a cheap fur coat. That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dressed up in a cheap fur coat.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I love to write and I assure you I write regularly ... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do I love to write and I assure you I write regularly ... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I was surrounded by phonies ... They were coming in the goddam window. I was surrounded by phonies ... They were coming in the goddam window.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood. I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck. I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.
J.D. Salinger quotes: But fishing, as we know, in libraries or anywhere else, is a tricky business, with never a certainty of who's going to catch whom. But fishing, as we know, in libraries or anywhere else, is a tricky business, with never a certainty of who's going to catch whom.
J.D. Salinger quotes: is he crazy?" --Harcourt-Brace editor on Holden Caulfield is he crazy?" --Harcourt-Brace editor on Holden Caulfield
J.D. Salinger quotes: I do very emphatically believe there is an enormous amount of the androgynous in any all-or-nothing prose writer, or even a would-be one. I do very emphatically believe there is an enormous amount of the androgynous in any all-or-nothing prose writer, or even a would-be one.
J.D. Salinger quotes: How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground. How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
J.D. Salinger quotes: You don't always have to get too sexy to get to know a girl. You don't always have to get too sexy to get to know a girl.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Sensitive. That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a toilet seat. Sensitive. That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a toilet seat.
J.D. Salinger quotes: If German boys had learned to be contemptuous of violence, Hitler would have had to take up knitting to keep his ego warm. If German boys had learned to be contemptuous of violence, Hitler would have had to take up knitting to keep his ego warm.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Sentimentality is loving something more than God does. Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Wuttaya say.""Bill's inside," Lucille said. "Get me a drink, willya, Harry?""Sure. Wuttaya say."
"Bill's inside," Lucille said. "Get me a drink, willya, Harry?"
"Sure.
J.D. Salinger quotes: How old are you? I asked her. "Old enough to know better." she said. How old are you? I asked her. "Old enough to know better." she said.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Give me an honest con man any day. Give me an honest con man any day.
J.D. Salinger quotes: That's depressing, when somebody says "please" to you. That's depressing, when somebody says "please" to you.
J.D. Salinger quotes: As you damned well know, we never change much in our hearts. As you damned well know, we never change much in our hearts.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no sense of humor. Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no sense of humor.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I'm a condition, not a man. I'm a condition, not a man.
J.D. Salinger quotes: That's something that drives me crazy. When people say something twice that way, after you admit it the first time. That's something that drives me crazy. When people say something twice that way, after you admit it the first time.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly
J.D. Salinger quotes: Look at 'em,' he said. 'Goddam fools.' 'Who?' said Ginnie. 'I don't know. Anybody. Look at 'em,' he said. 'Goddam fools.' 'Who?' said Ginnie. 'I don't know. Anybody.
J.D. Salinger quotes: An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect. I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Did you see more glass? Did you see more glass?
J.D. Salinger quotes: Me, myself and I. Me, myself and I.
J.D. Salinger quotes: An Aesthetic Saint An Aesthetic Saint
J.D. Salinger quotes: For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands. For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.
J.D. Salinger quotes: That's something that annoys the hell out of me- I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't That's something that annoys the hell out of me- I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't
J.D. Salinger quotes: I love you I love you I love you. Do you actually know I've only danced with you twice in eleven months? I love you I love you I love you. Do you actually know I've only danced with you twice in eleven months?
J.D. Salinger quotes: Lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most. Lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Indeed, all forms of human folly and beastiality touch a very symphathetic chord within our breasts! Indeed, all forms of human folly and beastiality touch a very symphathetic chord within our breasts!
J.D. Salinger quotes: If you're not inthe mood, you can't do that stuff right. If you're not in
the mood, you can't do that stuff right.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Almost every damn school in the world gets out earlier for Christmas break than the school I go to. Almost every damn school in the world gets out earlier for Christmas break than the school I go to.
J.D. Salinger quotes: It's boring to do that every two minutes. It's boring to do that every two minutes.
J.D. Salinger quotes: In my opinion, if you really want to know, half of the nastiness in the world is stirred up by people who aren't using their true egos. In my opinion, if you really want to know, half of the nastiness in the world is stirred up by people who aren't using their true egos.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Forgive the pessimism, if not the sonority. But I know how much you demand from a thing, you little bastard. Forgive the pessimism, if not the sonority. But I know how much you demand from a thing, you little bastard.
J.D. Salinger quotes: After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Sometimes I see me dead in the rain. Sometimes I see me dead in the rain.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Oh, this happiness is strong stuff. Oh, this happiness is strong stuff.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I purely came over because I thought you looked extremely lonely. You have an extremely sensitive face. I purely came over because I thought you looked extremely lonely. You have an extremely sensitive face.
J.D. Salinger quotes: The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly. The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes. Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes.
J.D. Salinger quotes: In every school I've gone to, all the athletic bastards stick together. In every school I've gone to, all the athletic bastards stick together.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Life is a gift horse in my opinion. Life is a gift horse in my opinion.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid. Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Happiness is a solid and joy is a liquid. Happiness is a solid and joy is a liquid.
J.D. Salinger quotes: My god, there's absolutely nothing tenth-rate about you, and yet you're up to your neck at this minute in tenth-rate thinking. My god, there's absolutely nothing tenth-rate about you, and yet you're up to your neck at this minute in tenth-rate thinking.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
J.D. Salinger quotes: If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the world. It's impossible. If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the world. It's impossible.
J.D. Salinger quotes: He seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement. He seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Bessie: 'Why don't you get married?'Zooey: 'I like riding in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you're married. Bessie: 'Why don't you get married?'
Zooey: 'I like riding in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you're married.
J.D. Salinger quotes: It is too ironical to bear, but I give you my word that valorous people require far more protec-tion than meets the eye. It is too ironical to bear, but I give you my word that valorous people require far more protec-tion than meets the eye.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I don't want to scare you," he said, "but I can very clearly see you dying nobly, one way or another, for some highly unworthy cause. I don't want to scare you," he said, "but I can very clearly see you dying nobly, one way or another, for some highly unworthy cause.
J.D. Salinger quotes: But I'm Crazy. I swear to God I am. But I'm Crazy. I swear to God I am.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it. Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I could happily lie down and die sometimes. I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Girls. You never know what they're going to think. Girls. You never know what they're going to think.
J.D. Salinger quotes: We don't talk, we hold forth. We don't converse, we expound. We don't talk, we hold forth. We don't converse, we expound.
J.D. Salinger quotes: The swimming stinks here because there are no waves even little waves. What good is it without any ways and you never get scared or turned all over The swimming stinks here because there are no waves even little waves. What good is it without any ways and you never get scared or turned all over
J.D. Salinger quotes: A story never ends. The narrator is usually provided with a nice, artistic spot for his voice to stop, but that's about all. A story never ends. The narrator is usually provided with a nice, artistic spot for his voice to stop, but that's about all.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Where you girls from? Don't answer if you don't feel like it. I don't want you to strain yourself. Where you girls from? Don't answer if you don't feel like it. I don't want you to strain yourself.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move will be to apply yourself in school. I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move will be to apply yourself in school.
J.D. Salinger quotes: [ ... ] don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? ... Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy. [ ... ] don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? ... Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I am not exactly wallowing in guilt at the moment, but guilt is guilt.It doesn't go away. It can't be nullified. I am not exactly wallowing in guilt at the moment, but guilt is guilt.It doesn't go away. It can't be nullified.
J.D. Salinger quotes: The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
J.D. Salinger quotes: This is of unspeakable importance. Please send any books on the structure of the human heart that I have not read This is of unspeakable importance. Please send any books on the structure of the human heart that I have not read
J.D. Salinger quotes: New York is terrible when somebody laughs on the street very late at night. New York is terrible when somebody laughs on the street very late at night.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Your heart, Bessie, is an autumn garage. Your heart, Bessie, is an autumn garage.
J.D. Salinger quotes: He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
J.D. Salinger quotes: She was not one for emptying her face of expression. She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
J.D. Salinger quotes: People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, ... ,and he had very red hair. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, ... ,and he had very red hair.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I'm crazy. I swear to I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I'm crazy. I swear to God I am.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Naturally, I never told him I thought he was a terrific whistler. I mean you don't just go up to somebody and say, 'You're a terrific whistler. Naturally, I never told him I thought he was a terrific whistler. I mean you don't just go up to somebody and say, 'You're a terrific whistler.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Then again you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.' Then again you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.'
J.D. Salinger quotes: Though we've talked and talked and talked, we've all agreed not to say a word. Though we've talked and talked and talked, we've all agreed not to say a word.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work. I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.
J.D. Salinger quotes: She gave me a pain in the ass, but she was very good looking. She gave me a pain in the ass, but she was very good looking.
J.D. Salinger quotes: It isn't very serious, I have this tiny little tumor on the brain. It isn't very serious, I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Just go to bed, now. Quickly. Quickly and slowly. Just go to bed, now. Quickly. Quickly and slowly.
J.D. Salinger quotes: If I'd wanted this place to fill up with every fat Irish rose that passes by, I'd've said so. If I'd wanted this place to fill up with every fat Irish rose that passes by, I'd've said so.
J.D. Salinger quotes: My opinions are all too frequently too damn harsh for words. My opinions are all too frequently too damn harsh for words.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I mean not try to analyze everything to death for once, if possible, especially me. I mean not try to analyze everything to death for once, if possible, especially me.
J.D. Salinger quotes: What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in awhile. What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in awhile.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure. I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.
J.D. Salinger quotes: I mean he was mostly a Year Book kind of handsome guy. I mean he was mostly a Year Book kind of handsome guy.
J.D. Salinger quotes: My God, think of the opportunities and thrusts that lie ahead when one knows without a shred of doubt how commonplace and normal one is at heart! My God, think of the opportunities and thrusts that lie ahead when one knows without a shred of doubt how commonplace and normal one is at heart!
J.D. Salinger quotes: Jesus, life has its share of honorable thrills if one but keeps one's eyes open! Jesus, life has its share of honorable thrills if one but keeps one's eyes open!
J.D. Salinger quotes: How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it? How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?
J.D. Salinger quotes: I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger. I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger.
J.D. Salinger quotes: The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling.
J.D. Salinger quotes: If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me. If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me.
J.D. Salinger quotes: Yes, I have an ulcer, for Chrissake. This is Kaliyuga, buddy, the Iron Age. Anybody over sixteen without an ulcer's a goddam spy. Yes, I have an ulcer, for Chrissake. This is Kaliyuga, buddy, the Iron Age. Anybody over sixteen without an ulcer's a goddam spy.
J.D. Salinger quotes: As a matter of fact, I'm the only dumb one in the family. As a matter of fact, I'm the only dumb one in the family.

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