I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.
J. D. SALINGERI 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.
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Why’s it so sunny? she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy, he said.
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She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
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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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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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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.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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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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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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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.
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