Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
J. D. SALINGERI’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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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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And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I’d probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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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?
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Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It’s never been anything but your religion.
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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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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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People are always ruining things for you.
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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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People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you’re not.
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I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
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I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
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People never notice anything.
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