It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
J. D. SALINGERPeople never notice anything.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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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.
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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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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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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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I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don’t. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it’s a stupid question.
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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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People are always ruining things for you.
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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 one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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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 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.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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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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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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