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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.

J. D. Salinger

You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
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Hands Happiness Worry Yourself
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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Laugh Myself Stupidity
Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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Attitude Right
People never notice anything.
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One Liner People
Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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One Liner Philosophy
Sleep tight, ya morons!
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People Stupidity
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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Alone Oneself Stay
It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
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Funny Understand
If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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Girl Herself Time
She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
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Exception Herself See Togetherness
Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew–knew–that we’re carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we’re all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?
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Carry Emotional Heaven Imaginational Stupidity
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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Action Fear Yourself
You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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Teaching Yourself
I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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Education Quite Reading
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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Crazy God Herself Lie Love Myself
People are always ruining things for you.
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People Ruin Yourself

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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