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.
J. D. SALINGERI 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.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he 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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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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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 so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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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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Nobody who’s really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies.
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An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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