J. D. Salinger Quotes - Page 14

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• I don't know about bores. Maybe you shouldn't feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. They don't hurt anybody most of them, and maybe they're all terrific whistlers or something. Who the hell knows? Not me.

  J. D. Salinger

  Girl, Hurt, Sorry

  J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

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• Some of my best friedns are children. In fact, all of my best friends are children.

  J. D. Salinger

  Children, My Best Friend, Facts

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• Sex is something I really don't understand too hot.

  J. D. Salinger

  Sex, Hot, Horsing Around

  'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951) ch. 9

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• If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

  J. D. Salinger

  Truth, Childhood, Parent

  'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951) ch. 1

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• That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman.

  J. D. Salinger

  Swear To God, Terrible, Madmen

  J.D. Salinger (1951). “The Catcher in the Rye”

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• Don't you think I have sense enough to worry about my motives for saying the prayer? That's exactly what's bothering me so. Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment or peace, instead or money or prestige or game or any of those things, doesn't mean I'm not as egotistical and self-seeking as everybody else. If anything, I'm more so!

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  Prayer, Mean, Thinking

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• I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.

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  Lonesome, Felt, Lonesomeness

  J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

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• If I'd wanted this place to fill up with every fat Irish rose that passes by, I'd've said so.

  J. D. Salinger

  Rose, Said, Fats

  j.d. salinger (1961). “franny and zooey”

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