Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew–knew–that we’re carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we’re all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?
J. D. SALINGERAn artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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He said you were the only one who was bitter about S’s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving.
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You think of the book you’d most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it.
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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 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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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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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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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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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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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle.
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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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There are nice things in the world – and I mean nice things. We’re all such morons to get so sidetracked.
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