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I just hope that one day – preferably when we’re both blind drunk – we can talk about it.

J. D. Salinger

It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
J. D. SALINGER

Funny Understand
An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
J. D. SALINGER

Art Kind Perfection
All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
J. D. SALINGER

Hate Stupidity
How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
J. D. SALINGER

Man Touch
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.
J. D. SALINGER

Death Forgiveness Himself Kindness
You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
J. D. SALINGER

Time World Yourself
I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
J. D. SALINGER

Act Hate Myself People Thinking
Why’s it so sunny? she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy, he said.
J. D. SALINGER

Herself Sun
I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
J. D. SALINGER

Courage Myself Sickness
There are nice things in the world – and I mean nice things. We’re all such morons to get so sidetracked.
J. D. SALINGER

Beautiful Stupidity World
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.
J. D. SALINGER

Live Love People Strong Talk World Yourself
Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.
J. D. SALINGER

Alone Oneself Stay
The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
J. D. SALINGER

Education
People always clap for the wrong reasons.
J. D. SALINGER

People Reason Wrong
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.
J. D. SALINGER

Cold Crazy Kind Road Sun Time
I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
J. D. SALINGER

Hands Myself People Scars Touch

I just hope that one day – preferably when we’re both blind drunk – we can talk about it.

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