That’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
J. D. SALINGERThat’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
J. D. SALINGERSentimentality is loving something more than God does.
J. D. SALINGERI mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.
J. D. SALINGERThe worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
J. D. SALINGERI’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
J. D. SALINGERI just hope that one day – preferably when we’re both blind drunk – we can talk about it.
J. D. SALINGERMake sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
J. D. SALINGERThere are nice things in the world – and I mean nice things. We’re all such morons to get so sidetracked.
J. D. SALINGERIt’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
J. D. SALINGERI have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
J. D. SALINGERIt’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
J. D. SALINGERPeople are always ruining things for you.
J. D. SALINGERAnd 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. SALINGERMothers are all slightly insane.
J. D. SALINGERWho in the Bible besides Jesus knew–knew–that we’re carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we’re all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?
J. D. SALINGERI don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
J. D. SALINGER