She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
J. D. SALINGERHow long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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Sometimes you get tired of riding in taxicabs the same way you get tired riding in elevators. All of a sudden, you have to walk, no matter how far or how high up.
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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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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.
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An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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There are nice things in the world – and I mean nice things. We’re all such morons to get so sidetracked.
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It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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You don’t know how to talk to people you don’t like. Don’t love, really. You can’t live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
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I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don’t. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it’s a stupid question.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.
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Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.
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I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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