I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
J. D. SALINGERPeople never notice anything.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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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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You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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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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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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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.
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I just hope that one day – preferably when we’re both blind drunk – we can talk about it.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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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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I’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
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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 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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