All J D Salinger Quotes
- That's something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't. All
- I don't know about bores. Maybe you shouldn't feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. They don't hurt anybody… All
- Money always ends up making you blue. Always Ends
- Are all your stars shining? All
- But it wasn't just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never… Allie
- What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like… All
- But you can't always tell - with somebody's mother, I mean. Mothers are all slightly insane. All
- Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's a game, all right - I'll admit that. But if… Admit
- It's so silly. All you do is get the heck out of your body when you die. My gosh, everybody's done it thousands of times.… All
- I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice. Excited
- If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable. God
- 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 Rye.'… All
- 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 kind… Absolute
- If you weren't around, I'd probably be someplace way the hell off. In the woods or some goddamn place. You're the only reason I'm around,… Goddamn
- There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I… All
- I don't suppose a writing man ever really gets rid of his old crocus-yellow neckties. Sooner or later, I think, they show up in his… Crocus
- It is my rather subversive opinion that a writer's feelings of anonymity-obscurity are the second most valuable property on loan to him during his working… Anonymity
- The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything.… Bad
- Take most people, they are crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, they are always talking about have many… Always Talking
- The room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall… Accumulated