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I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.

J. D. Salinger

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.
J. D. SALINGER

Myself Stupidity Thinking Yourself
I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.
J. D. SALINGER

Change Love Myself Reason Time
You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
J. D. SALINGER

Time World Yourself
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

Hell Myself
But it wasn’t just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair.
J. D. SALINGER

Easy Family Hairs Himself Mad People
I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
J. D. SALINGER

Myself Word
I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
J. D. SALINGER

Hands Myself People Scars Touch
Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
J. D. SALINGER

Attitude Right
The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
J. D. SALINGER

Art Happiness Worst
Mothers are all slightly insane.
J. D. SALINGER

Mad Mom One Liner Sanity
People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you’re not.
J. D. SALINGER

People Yourself
I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
J. D. SALINGER

God Myself Respect Sick
I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
J. D. SALINGER

Beginning Myself
I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
J. D. SALINGER

Education Quite Reading
Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
J. D. SALINGER

People Rich
There are nice things in the world – and I mean nice things. We’re all such morons to get so sidetracked.
J. D. SALINGER

Beautiful Stupidity World

I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.

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