I’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
J. D. SALINGERHe said you were the only one who was bitter about S’s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving.
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An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
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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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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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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 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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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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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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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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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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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’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
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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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