I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

Quote by J D Salinger

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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

Girls know how to fake smiles and guys know how to fake feelings.

Girls know how to fake smiles and guys know how to fake feelings.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...