Nobody who’s really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies.
J. D. SALINGERSentimentality is loving something more than God does.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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But it wasn’t just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair.
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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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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
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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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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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People are always ruining things for you.
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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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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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I’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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That’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
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