People never notice anything.
J. D. SALINGERMake sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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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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You 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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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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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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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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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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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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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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Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.
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Why’s it so sunny? she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy, he said.
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If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.
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You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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