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Famous J. D. Salinger Quotes
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“Money always ends up making you blue.”
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“But you can't always tell - with somebody's mother, I mean. Mothers are all slightly insane.”
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“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.”
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“If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable.”
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“Some of my best friedns are children. In fact, all of my best friends are children.”
“If I'd wanted this place to fill up with every fat Irish rose that passes by, I'd've said so.”
Source: franny and zooey
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“I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.”
Source: J. D. Salinger: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
“If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me.”
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“The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.”
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“Maybe there's a trapdoor under my chair, and I'll just disappear.”
“Girls. You never know what they're going to think.”
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“In my mind, I'm probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw.”
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“... even the most sublimely accomplished non-stop talker can't consistently please.”
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