You think of the book you’d most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it.
J. D. SALINGERI don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew–knew–that we’re carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we’re all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?
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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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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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I was sixteen then, and I’m seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I’m about thirteen. Sometimes, I act a lot older than I am–I really do. But people never notice it. People never notice anything.
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Listen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
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I’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.
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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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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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You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
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I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I’m going, I’m liable to say I’m going to the opera. It’s terrible.
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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.
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