I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
J. D. SALINGERI’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful, because there isn’t any.
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People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you’re not.
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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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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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People never notice anything.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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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 up to my ears in unwritten words.
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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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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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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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