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I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

J. D. Salinger

Who 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. SALINGER

Carry Emotional Heaven Imaginational Stupidity
Mothers are all slightly insane.
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Mad Mom One Liner Sanity
Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
J. D. SALINGER

Emotion Poet
Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
J. D. SALINGER

One Liner Philosophy
Nobody who’s really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies.
J. D. SALINGER

Attitude Himself Reality
I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
J. D. SALINGER

Death Happiness Lie Myself
But it wasn’t just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair.
J. D. SALINGER

Easy Family Hairs Himself Mad People
Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
J. D. SALINGER

Laugh Marriage Yourself
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.
J. D. SALINGER

Walk Yourself
It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
J. D. SALINGER

Funny Understand
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.
J. D. SALINGER

Myself Stupidity Thinking Yourself
Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It’s never been anything but your religion.
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Love Myself Religion Smile Writing
The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
J. D. SALINGER

Education
Listen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
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Job Laugh Listen
How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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Man Touch
The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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Art Happiness Worst

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