“Last year I made a rule that I was going to quit horsing around with girls that, deep down, gave me a… — J.D. Salinger Catcher in the rye Copy Share Image
“I took a look out the window before I left the room, though, to see how all the perverts were doing, but… — J.D. Salinger Modesty Copy Share Image
“His date kept saying to him, "How horrible . . . Don't, darling. Please, don't. Not here." Imagine giving somebody a feel… — J.D. Salinger Committing suicide Copy Share Image
“They gave Sally this little blue butt-twitcher of a dress to wear. She really did look damn good in it, though. I… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“...my life itself couldn't very conceivably be less Zenful than it is, and what little I've been able to apprehend - I… — J.D. Salinger Life Copy Share Image
“I mean if thousands of little kids are running and they do not look where they are going, I have to come… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Exactly what don't I think is beautiful? Listen, I don't care what you say about my race, creed, or religion, Fatty, but… — J.D. Salinger Beauty Copy Share Image
“He was little more than halfway down the staircase when he heard an all-piercing, sustained scream--clearly coming from a small, female child.… — J.D. Salinger Children Copy Share Image
“You ought to go to a boy's school sometime. Try it sometime," I said. "It's full of phonies, and all you do… — J.D. Salinger Football team Copy Share Image
“Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records… — J.D. Salinger Education Copy Share Image
“That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there… — J.D. Salinger Meta Copy Share Image
“All the kids kept trying to grab for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Did you know, God damn it, that Les was all for bringing a tangerine in to you last night before he went… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“For example, when Seymour told one of the twins or Zooey or Franny or even Mme. Boo Boo (who was only two… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“And you make people nervous, young man," she said - most equably, for her. "You either take to somebody or you don't.… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I don't care where an actor acts. It can be in summer stock, it can be over a radio, it can be… — J.D. Salinger Actor Copy Share Image
“this sentence I'm reading is terrific" i can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood. He didn't get it, though. He… — J.D. Salinger Books Copy Share Image
“You’re absolutely right. You’re absolutely right. It’s staggering how you jump straight the hell into the heart of a matter. I’m goosebumps… — J.D. Salinger New testament Copy Share Image
“Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words, “Dear God, life is hell.” Nothing led up… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“And I hate to tell you... but I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your… — J.D. Salinger Education Copy Share Image
“I'll tell you what kind of red hair he had. I started playing golf when I was only ten years old. I… — J.D. Salinger Allie Copy Share Image
“I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all… I'm standing on the… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“He didn't disagree with me, but he seemed to feel that I have a perfection complex of some kind. Much talk from… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Lane was speaking now as someone does who has been monopolizing conversation for a good quarter of an hour or so and… — J.D. Salinger Communication Copy Share Image
“We got passes, till midnight after the parade. I met Muriel at the Biltmore at seven. Two drinks, two drugstore tuna-fish sandwiches,… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way all Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near… — J.D. Salinger Happiness Copy Share Image
“While he was doing it, I went over to my window and opened it and packed a snowball with my bare hands.… — J.D. Salinger Bus driver Copy Share Image
“I went over to my window and opened it and packed a snowball with my bare hands. The snow was very good… — J.D. Salinger Flower Copy Share Image
“I am a dash man and not a miler, and it is probable that I will never write a novel. So far… — J.D. Salinger Books Copy Share Image
“No, there wouldn't be," Holden said. "It'd be entirely different." Sally looked at him; he had contradicted her so quietly. "It wouldn't… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I know this much, is all, “ Franny said. “ If you’re a poet, you do something beautiful. I mean, you’re supposed… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Holden... One short, faintly stuffy, pedagogical question. Don't you think there's a time and place for everything? Don't you think if someone… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“It's really hard to be roomates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs--if yours are the really good ones… — J.D. Salinger Humor Copy Share Image
“In just a second, in just a second. You keep talking about ego. My God, it would take Christ himself to decide… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“The thing is, though, I don't like the idea. It stinks, if you analyze it. I think if you don't really like… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I believe I essentially remain what I have always been—a narrator, but one with extremely pressing personal needs. I want to introduce,… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Once, at one of the very rare and savory moments when my own teammates grudgingly allowed me to take the ball around… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, life is hell." Nothing led up… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“God, could that dopey girl dance. Buddy Singer and his stinking band was playing 'Just One of Those Things' and even they… — J.D. Salinger Dance Copy Share Image
“You can say the Jesus Prayer from now till doomsday, but if you don't realize that the only thing that counts in… — J.D. Salinger Cause and effect Copy Share Image
