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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/it-was-a-very-stupid-thing-to-do-i-ll-admit-but-i-hardly-didn-t-even/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

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## More by J. D. Salinger

> [... even the most sublimely accomplished non-stop talker can't consistently please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/even-the-most-sublimely-accomplished-non-stop-talker-can-t/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [But where does by far the bulk, the whole ambulance load, of pain really come from? Where must it come from? Isn't the true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/but-where-does-by-far-the-bulk-the-whole-ambulance-load-of-pain/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [“Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/nobody-d-be-different-the-only-thing-that-would-be-different-would-be/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [Sex is something I really don't understand too hot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/sex-is-something-i-really-don-t-understand-too-hot/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [“Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/meant-to-be-picked-up-books-permanently-left-behind-books-uncertain/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/but-if-we-come-back-if-german-men-come-back-if-british-men-come-back/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [Then again you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/then-again-you-may-pick-up-just-enough-education-to-hate-people-who/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/the-worst-thing-that-being-an-artist-could-do-to-you-would-be-that-it/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/i-m-sick-of-not-having-the-courage-to-be-an-absolute-nobody-i-m-sick/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [“You keep records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them. If you want to Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/you-keep-records-of-their-troubles-you-ll-learn-from-them-if-you-want/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/i-m-aware-that-many-of-my-friends-will-be-saddened-and-shocked-or/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/most-stuff-that-is-genuine-is-better-left-unsaid/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [“Sex is something I really don't understand too hot. You never know where the hell you are. I keep making up these sex rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/sex-is-something-i-really-don-t-understand-too-hot-you-never-know/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/an-artist-s-only-concern-is-to-shoot-for-some-kind-of-perfection-and/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

> [Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/its-really-hard-to-be-roommates-with-people-if-your-suitcases-are/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

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