I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
J. D. SALINGERI’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you’re not.
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I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
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People are always ruining things for you.
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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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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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.
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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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That’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
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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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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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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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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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