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.
J. D. SALINGERShe was not one for emptying her face of expression.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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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 are always ruining things for you.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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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 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’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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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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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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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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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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