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. 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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I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.
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I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
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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.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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People never notice anything.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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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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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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And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I’d probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
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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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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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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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