Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
J. D. SALINGERMost stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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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 hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
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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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She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
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I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I’m going, I’m liable to say I’m going to the opera. It’s terrible.
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I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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I’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
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It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
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