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title: "3 Terrible Fall Quotes By J.D. Salinger"
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> [“I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-have-a-feeling-that-you-re-riding-for-some-kind-of-a-terrible/)

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

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> [“I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-have-a-feeling-that-you-re-riding-for-some-kind-of-a-terrible-2/)

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

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> [“I have a feeling that you’re riding for some kind of terrible, terrible fall. . . . The whole arrangement’s designed for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-have-a-feeling-that-you-re-riding-for-some-kind-of-terrible/)

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

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## More by J.D. Salinger

> [“I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all… I'm standing on the edge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-keep-picturing-all-these-little-kids-playing-some-game-in-this-big/)

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

> [“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-felt-like-praying-or-something-when-i-was-in-bed-but-i-couldn-t-do/)

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

> [“If you're a poet, you do something beautiful. I mean you're supposed to leave something beautiful after you get off the page and everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/if-you-re-a-poet-you-do-something-beautiful-i-mean-you-re-supposed-to/)

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

> [“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was… The only thing that would be different would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-best-thing-though-in-that-museum-was-that-everything-always/)

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

> [“And you make people nervous, young man," she said - most equably, for her. "You either take to somebody or you don't. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/and-you-make-people-nervous-young-man-she-said-most-equably-for-her/)

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

> [“I still think that, in a way, I can't get past half my childhood dogmas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-still-think-that-in-a-way-i-can-t-get-past-half-my-childhood-dogmas/)

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

> [“He stuck around till around dinnertime, talking about all the guys at Pencey that he hated their guts, and squeezing this big pimple on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/he-stuck-around-till-around-dinnertime-talking-about-all-the-guys-at/)

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

> [“For example, when Seymour told one of the twins or Zooey or Franny or even Mme. Boo Boo (who was only two years younger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/for-example-when-seymour-told-one-of-the-twins-or-zooey-or-franny-or/)

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

> [“One thing? One thing I like? Okay.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/one-thing-one-thing-i-like-okay/)

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

> [“The cigars are ballast, sweetheart. Sheer ballast. If he didn’t have a cigar to hold on to, his feet would leave the ground. We’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-cigars-are-ballast-sweetheart-sheer-ballast-if-he-didn-t-have-a/)

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

> [“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/they-re-just-people-that-write-poems-that-get-published-and/)

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

> [“In certain Zen monasteries, it's a cardinal rule, if not the only serious enforced discipline, that when one monk calls out 'Hi!' to another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/in-certain-zen-monasteries-it-s-a-cardinal-rule-if-not-the-only/)

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

> [“And I hate to tell you... but I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/and-i-hate-to-tell-you-but-i-think-that-once-you-have-a-fair-idea/)

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

> [“Hi,' he said. He always said it like he was terrifically bored or terrifically tired. He didn't want you to think he was visiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/hi-he-said-he-always-said-it-like-he-was-terrifically-bored-or/)

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

> [ “\[Y\]ou’re someone who took up birds in the first place because they fired your imagination; they fascinated you because ‘they seemed of all created… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/y-ou-re-someone-who-took-up-birds-in-the-first-place-because-they/)

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

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