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J. D. Salinger Quotes

«It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.»
«I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetary. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.»
«You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.»
«Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.»
«If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.»
Author: J. D. Salinger (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: meets
«Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phoney. I could puke every time I hear it»
«It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.»
Author: J. D. Salinger (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: understands
«I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.»
«I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.»
«An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.»

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