People are always ruining things for you.
J. D. SALINGERYou never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don’t. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it’s a stupid question.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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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.
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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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Sometimes you get tired of riding in taxicabs the same way you get tired riding in elevators. All of a sudden, you have to walk, no matter how far or how high up.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
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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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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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Listen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
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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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