That’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
J. D. SALINGERThat’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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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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I love to write and I assure you I write regularly. But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.
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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 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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The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
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You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
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That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful, because there isn’t any.
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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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You don’t know how to talk to people you don’t like. Don’t love, really. You can’t live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
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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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People are always ruining things for you.
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.
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