If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.

Quote by J D Salinger

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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...

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...

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...

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

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...

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...

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I...

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I...

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 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.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do...

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do...

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.

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....

People never believe you.

People never believe you.