You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
J. D. SALINGERShe was not one for emptying her face of expression.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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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 don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.
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I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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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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I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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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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I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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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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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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