All J. D. Salinger Quotes
He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world.
J. D. Salinger
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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.
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I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.
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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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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.
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It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
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I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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