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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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?

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...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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...

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...

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...

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

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.

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 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...

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'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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...