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.
J. D. SALINGERYou 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.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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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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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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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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I 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.
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I just hope that one day – preferably when we’re both blind drunk – we can talk about it.
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Don’t hate me because I can’t remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.
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You think of the book you’d most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it.
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You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
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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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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’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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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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