Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
J. D. SALINGERI 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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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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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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That’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
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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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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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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.
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I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting.
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And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I’d probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
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It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
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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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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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People never notice anything.
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You think of the book you’d most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it.
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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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