How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
J. D. SALINGERBut 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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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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He said you were the only one who was bitter about S’s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving.
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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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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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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 don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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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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I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I’m crazy. I swear to God I am.
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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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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I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting.
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