J. D. Salinger Quotes - Page 3

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• 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. Salinger

  Coffee, Mean, Annoying

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

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• I could happily lie down and die sometimes.

  J. D. Salinger

  Lying, Down And, Sometimes

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

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• I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash.

  J. D. Salinger

  Sick, Want, Kind

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

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• I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

  J. D. Salinger

  Literature, Illiterate

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

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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.

  J. D. Salinger

  Hate, Dresses, Looks

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

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• Listen, if you're not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.

  J. D. Salinger

  Laughing, Might, Wells

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• I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.

  J. D. Salinger

  Important, Made

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

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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.

  J. D. Salinger

  Sun, Sunny, Said

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

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• I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.

  J. D. Salinger

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Mood

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

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• I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do

  J. D. Salinger

  Hate, Thinking, People

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

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• There are nice things in the world - and I mean nice things. We're all such morons to get so sidetracked.

  J. D. Salinger

  Nice, Mean, World

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

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• The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands?

  J. D. Salinger

  Glands, Existence, Existence Of God

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• It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.

  J. D. Salinger

  Thinking, People, Holden

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

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• God, I wish you could have been there.

  J. D. Salinger

  Wish, Wish You, Could Have Been

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

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• How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

  J. D. Salinger

  Men, Long, Legs

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• Girls. You never know what they're going to think.

  J. D. Salinger

  Girl, Night, Thinking

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

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• Give me an honest con man any day.

  J. D. Salinger

  Men, Giving, Honest

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

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• Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

  J. D. Salinger

  People, Literature, Suitcases

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

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• I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.

  J. D. Salinger

  Hair, Hands, People

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• Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it.

  J. D. Salinger

  Kids, People, Ifs

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

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• If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.

  J. D. Salinger

  Girl, Giving, Looks

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

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• Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it will begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What’ll fit and, maybe, what it won’t. After a while, you’ll have an idea what kind of thoughts your mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you an extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that won’t suit you, aren’t becoming to you. You’ll begin to know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.

  J. D. Salinger

  Distance, Ideas, Suits You

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• There are still a few men who love desperately.

  J. D. Salinger

  Men, Stills

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• Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.

  J. D. Salinger

  Success, Boys, Games

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

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• When I really worry about something, I don’t just fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Only, I don’t go. I’m too worried to go. I don’t want to interrupt my worrying to go.

  J. D. Salinger

  Worry, Want, Fool

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

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