“He says the only people he ever really wants to meet for a drink somewhere are all either dead or unavailable.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“It's the sort of absurd notion, though, that I wouldn't mind taking out for a good academic run someday.” — J.D. Salinger Absurd Copy Share Image
“I find it magnificent how beau-tiful, loose ends find each other in the world if one only waits with de-cent patience, resilience,… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Naturally, I never told him I thought he was a terrific whistler. I mean you don’t just go up to somebody and… — J.D. Salinger Whistler Copy Share Image
“It is too ironical to bear, but I give you my word that valorous people require far more protec-tion than meets the… — J.D. Salinger Ironical Copy Share Image
“Almost every damn school in the world gets out earlier for Christmas break than the school I go to.” — J.D. Salinger Christmas Copy Share Image
“In a matter of only a few seconds, in fact, her eyes appeared to jettison everything that was dark and heavy and… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Anyway I just got your beautiful letter and I love you to pieces, distraction, etc.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if… — J.D. Salinger Fall in love Copy Share Image
“In a cruel manner of speaking, this young woman may well have lost her head before she was born; it is certainly… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Everything everybody does is so - I don’t know - not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so… — J.D. Salinger Bohemian Copy Share Image
“Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes. Sometimes I can't even look at them, especially if… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“What about your beloved Epictetus? Or your beloved Emily Dickinson? You want your Emily, every time she has an urge to write… — J.D. Salinger Poetry Copy Share Image
“I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act… — J.D. Salinger Catcher in the rye Copy Share Image
“He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me. I just see… — J.D. Salinger Fake-christians Copy Share Image
“I'm not trying to tell you," he said, "that only educated and scholarly men are able to contribute something valuable to the… — J.D. Salinger Education Copy Share Image
“Но на двадесет и три години аз бях от онзи тип младежи, които, каквато и рана да получат пред хорски поглед (освен… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“That was the worst. What happened was, I got the idea in my head - and I could not get it out… — J.D. Salinger Treasure Copy Share Image
“[Ackley] took another look at my hat . . . “Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in,… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“...but I do very emphatically believe there is an enormous amount of the androgynous in any all-or-nothing prose writer, or even a… — J.D. Salinger Androgynous Copy Share Image
“We're freaks, the two of us, Franny and I. I'm a twenty-five-year-old freak and she's a twenty-one-year-old freak, and both those bastards… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I figured I could get a job at a filling station somewhere, putting gas and oil in people's cars. I didn't care… — J.D. Salinger Conversation Copy Share Image
“If or when I do start going to an analyst, I hope to God he has the foresight to let a dermatologist… — J.D. Salinger Dermatologist Copy Share Image
“I think he had a very, very good smile, for somebody whose teeth were somewhere between so-so and bad. What seems not… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“You're a student - whether the idea appeals to you or not. You're in love with knowledge.” — J.D. Salinger Idea Copy Share Image
“I'm the one flunking out of this goddam place, and you're asking me to write you a goddam composition.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Forgive the pessimism, if not the sonority. But I know how much you demand from a thing, you little bastard.” — J.D. Salinger Pessimism Copy Share Image
“I'm just going through a phase right now. Everybody goes through phases and all, don't they?” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Jesus, life has its share of honorable thrills if one but keeps one’s eyes open!” — J.D. Salinger Adventure Copy Share Image
“I mean not try to analyze everything to death for once, if possible, especially me.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“That's something that drives me crazy. When people say something twice that way, after you admit it the first time.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“You know what she said? She says nobody gets a nervous breakdown just from the war and all. She says you probably… — J.D. Salinger Breakdown Copy Share Image
“I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a horrible exhausting struggle; one would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some… — J.D. Salinger Book Copy Share Image
“That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“We know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the sound of one hand clapping? – A Zen Kōan” — J.D. Salinger Books Copy Share Image
“(He) looked directly into his own eyes, as though his eyes were neutral territory, a no man’s land in a private war… — J.D. Salinger War Copy Share Image
“[...] don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? ... Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy.” — J.D. Salinger Christ Copy Share Image
“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.” — J.D. Salinger Poetry Copy Share Image
“Look at 'em,' he said. 'Goddam fools.' 'Who?' said Ginnie. 'I don't know. Anybody.” — J.D. Salinger Fools Copy Share Image
![“I'm not trying to tell you," he said, "that only educated and scholarly men are able to contribute something valuable to the world...[however,] they have more humility than the scholarly thinker.” quote by J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6af/j-d-salinger-560_education_i-m-not-trying-to-tell-you-he-said-that_3032523.png)
![“[Ackley] took another look at my hat . . . “Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake,” he said. “That’s a deer shooting hat.” “Like hell it is.” I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. “This is a people shooting hat,” I said. “I…” quote by J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4e5/j-d-salinger-560_holden-caulfield_ackley-took-another-look-at-my-hat-up-ho_406316.png)
![“[...] don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? ... Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy.” quote by J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ba1/j-d-salinger-560_christ_don-t-you-know-who-that-fat-lady-really_2347000.png)
