The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
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.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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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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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
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The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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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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A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn’t stink a little bit of the writer’s pride in having given up his pride.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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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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It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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