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'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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
“People always clap for the wrong reasons.” J. D. Salinger
“People always clap for the wrong reasons.”
I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy. J. D. Salinger
I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.
“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.”
But what I mean is, lots of time you don’t know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn’t interest you most. I mean you can’t help it sometimes. J. D. Salinger
But what I mean is, lots of time you don’t know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn’t interest you most. I mean you can’t help it sometimes.
