How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
J. D. SALINGERHe said you were the only one who was bitter about S’s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I love to write and I assure you I write regularly. But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.
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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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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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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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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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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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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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People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you’re not.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful, because there isn’t any.
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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’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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