You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
J. D. SALINGERI don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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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.
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The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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Did you ever get fed up?’ I said. ‘I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?
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I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
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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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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.
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I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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Why’s it so sunny? she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy, he said.
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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