Where do the ducks go in the winter?
J. D. SALINGERSentimentality is loving something more than God does.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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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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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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Why’s it so sunny? she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy, he said.
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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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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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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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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
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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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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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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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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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