Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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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It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.
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Listen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
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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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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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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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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 don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I’m crazy. I swear to God I am.
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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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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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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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I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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