Where do the ducks go in the winter?
J. D. SALINGERI have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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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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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 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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It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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You don’t know how to talk to people you don’t like. Don’t love, really. You can’t live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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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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The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
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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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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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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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