Mothers are all slightly insane.

Quote by J D Salinger

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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.

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

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

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

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

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,...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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...

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...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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...

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 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 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'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

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

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...

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...

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'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...