Jerome David Salinger (January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his fina...
J. D. Salinger Novel
I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it. J. D. Salinger
I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think. J. D. Salinger
That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think.
Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do. J. D. Salinger
Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad. J. D. Salinger
Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad.
It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes. J. D. Salinger
It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.
Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rule. J. D. Salinger
Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rule.
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” J. D. Salinger
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good any more. J. D. Salinger
If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good any more.
“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.” J. D. Salinger
“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.”
“And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.” J. D. Salinger
“And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”
Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will. J. D. Salinger
Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.
Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it. J. D. Salinger
Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.