I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
J. D. SALINGERYou’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Did you ever get fed up?’ I said. ‘I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I’m crazy. I swear to God I am.
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I’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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Don’t hate me because I can’t remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.
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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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