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

Quote by J D Salinger

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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...

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.

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 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...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

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...

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 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.

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...

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?

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,...

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'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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

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