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J D Salinger Quotes

Sensitive. That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a toilet seat Picture Quote #1

Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day Picture Quote #1

What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would’ve done it, too, if I’d been sure somebody’d cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn’t want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory Picture Quote #1

Bessie: ‘Why don’t you get married?’ Zooey: ‘I like riding in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you’re married Picture Quote #1

What I think is, you’re supposed to leave somebody alone if he’s at least being interesting and he’s getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice Picture Quote #1

But you can’t always tell - with somebody’s mother, I mean. Mothers are all slightly insane Picture Quote #1

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Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game, all right - I’ll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren’t any hot-shots, then what’s a game about it? Nothing. No game Picture Quote #1

If I were God, I certainly wouldn’t want people to love me sentimentally. It’s too unreliable Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I do very emphatically believe there is an enormous amount of the androgynous in any all-or-nothing prose writer, or even a would-be one Picture Quote #1

It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to Picture Quote #1

If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry Picture Quote #1

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Don’t hate me because I can’t remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else Picture Quote #1

I never really knew anything about friendship before I was in the Army. Did you Vince? Not a thing. It’s the best thing there is. Just About Picture Quote #1

We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle Picture Quote #1

He was the tallest, thinnest, weariest boy I had ever seen in my life. He was brilliant. He had gorgeous brown eyes, and he had only two suits. He was completely unhappy, and I didn’t know why Picture Quote #1

Some guys spend days looking for something they lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I’d care too much Picture Quote #1

I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be. I know it’s crazy Picture Quote #1

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I still think that, in a way, I can’t get past half my childhood dogmas Picture Quote #1

When you’re dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, though Picture Quote #1

I’m known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I’m doing is trying to protect myself and my work Picture Quote #1

Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos Picture Quote #1

The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands? Picture Quote #1

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You know, I’m the only one in this family who has no problems, . . . And you know why? Because any time I’m feeling blue, or puzzled , what I do, I just invite a few people to come visit me in the bathroom, and--well, we iron things out together, that’s all Picture Quote #1

That’s the whole trouble. When you’re feeling very depressed, you can’t even think Picture Quote #1

... I was feeling so depressed I didn’t even think. That’s the whole trouble. When you’re feeling very depressed, you can’t even think Picture Quote #1

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they’re mean bastards at heart Picture Quote #1

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody Picture Quote #1

I’m not going to bed after all. Somebody around here hath murdered sleep. Good for him Picture Quote #1

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Sensitive. That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a toilet seat (J D Salinger Quotes) Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day (J D Salinger Quotes) What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would’ve done it, too, if I’d been sure somebody’d cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn’t want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory (J D Salinger Quotes) Bessie: ‘Why don’t you get married?’ Zooey: ‘I like riding in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you’re married (J D Salinger Quotes) What I think is, you’re supposed to leave somebody alone if he’s at least being interesting and he’s getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice (J D Salinger Quotes) But you can’t always tell - with somebody’s mother, I mean. Mothers are all slightly insane (J D Salinger Quotes) Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game, all right - I’ll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren’t any hot-shots, then what’s a game about it? Nothing. No game (J D Salinger Quotes) If I were God, I certainly wouldn’t want people to love me sentimentally. It’s too unreliable (J D Salinger Quotes) 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. (J D Salinger Quotes) I do very emphatically believe there is an enormous amount of the androgynous in any all-or-nothing prose writer, or even a would-be one. (J D Salinger Quotes) It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to. (J D Salinger Quotes) If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry. (J D Salinger Quotes) Don’t hate me because I can’t remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else. (J D Salinger Quotes) I never really knew anything about friendship before I was in the Army. Did you Vince? Not a thing. It’s the best thing there is. Just About. (J D Salinger Quotes) We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle. (J D Salinger Quotes) He was the tallest, thinnest, weariest boy I had ever seen in my life. He was brilliant. He had gorgeous brown eyes, and he had only two suits. He was completely unhappy, and I didn’t know why. (J D Salinger Quotes) Some guys spend days looking for something they lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I’d care too much. (J D Salinger Quotes) I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be. I know it’s crazy. (J D Salinger Quotes) I still think that, in a way, I can’t get past half my childhood dogmas (J D Salinger Quotes) When you’re dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody. (J D Salinger Quotes) I wouldn’t exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, though. (J D Salinger Quotes) I’m known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I’m doing is trying to protect myself and my work. (J D Salinger Quotes) Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos. (J D Salinger Quotes) The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands? (J D Salinger Quotes) You know, I’m the only one in this family who has no problems, . . . And you know why? Because any time I’m feeling blue, or puzzled , what I do, I just invite a few people to come visit me in the bathroom, and--well, we iron things out together, that’s all. (J D Salinger Quotes) That’s the whole trouble. When you’re feeling very depressed, you can’t even think. (J D Salinger Quotes) ... I was feeling so depressed I didn’t even think. That’s the whole trouble. When you’re feeling very depressed, you can’t even think (J D Salinger Quotes) You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they’re mean bastards at heart. (J D Salinger Quotes) If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody. (J D Salinger Quotes) I’m not going to bed after all. Somebody around here hath murdered sleep. Good for him. (J D Salinger Quotes)

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