Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
J. D. SALINGERSleep tight, ya morons!
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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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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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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I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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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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I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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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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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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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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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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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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I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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I just hope that one day – preferably when we’re both blind drunk – we can talk about it.
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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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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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