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

Quote by J D Salinger

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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.

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

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

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 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...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

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 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...

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 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...

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

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...

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

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

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...