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Memorable Quotes by J D Salinger
- 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…
- 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…
- But you can't always tell - with somebody's mother, I mean. Mothers are all slightly insane.
- 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…
- What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific…
- Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
- Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was, in terms of permanently memorable, immoderately perceptive, small-area faces, a stunning and final…
- I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine,…
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