I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
J. D. SALINGERWhy’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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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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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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You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
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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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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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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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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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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’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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People are always ruining things for you.
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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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Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It’s never been anything but your religion.
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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