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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.

J. D. Salinger

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

Education Quite Reading
If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.
J. D. SALINGER

Beautiful History Learning Poetry Yourself
People never notice anything.
J. D. SALINGER

One Liner People
Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
J. D. SALINGER

People Rich
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.
J. D. SALINGER

Laugh Myself Stupidity
Why’s it so sunny? she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy, he said.
J. D. SALINGER

Herself Sun
All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
J. D. SALINGER

Hate Stupidity
Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It’s never been anything but your religion.
J. D. SALINGER

Love Myself Religion Smile Writing
The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
J. D. SALINGER

Choice Difference Happiness Himself Joy
I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
J. D. SALINGER

Myself Word Writing
How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
J. D. SALINGER

Man Touch
Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
J. D. SALINGER

Mindset True
I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
J. D. SALINGER

Act Hate Myself People Thinking
Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
J. D. SALINGER

One Liner Philosophy
Don’t hate me because I can’t remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.
J. D. SALINGER

Act Hate Myself Person Remember Talk
You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
J. D. SALINGER

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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