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.
J. D. SALINGERThe fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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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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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 never notice anything.
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I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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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 have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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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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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.
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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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I was sixteen then, and I’m seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I’m about thirteen. Sometimes, I act a lot older than I am–I really do. But people never notice it. People never notice anything.
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But it wasn’t just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair.
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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