She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
J. D. SALINGERShe 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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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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Listen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
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Nobody who’s really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies.
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If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.
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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you’re not.
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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 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 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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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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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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People are always ruining things for you.
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You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
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