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J. D. Salinger Quotes

J. D. Salinger quotes

American Novelist, Writer January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010

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J. D. Salinger quote: "They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they..."
They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more. It's not so good, that way. J. D. Salinger
The connection was so bad, and I couldn’t talk at all during most of the call. How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person at the other end shouts back ‘What? J. D. Salinger
You’d better get busy, though, buddy. The goddamn sands run out on you every time you turn around. I know what I’m talking about. You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddamn phenomenal world. {...} I used to worry about that. I don’t worry about it very much any more. At least I’m still in love with Yorick’s skull. At least I always have time enough to stay in love with Yorick’s skull. I want an honorable goddamn skull when I’m dead, buddy. I hanker after an honorable goddamn skull... J. D. Salinger
I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of the writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "I love you to pieces, distraction, etc."
I love you to pieces, distraction, etc. J. D. Salinger
I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me..."
If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable. J. D. Salinger
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure. J. D. Salinger
You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "God, how I still love private readers. It’s what we all used..."
God, how I still love private readers. It’s what we all used to be. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "You're a student - whether that idea appeals to you or not...."
You're a student - whether that idea appeals to you or not. You're in love with knowledge. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "There are still a few men who love desperately."
There are still a few men who love desperately. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to..."
...publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I love to write. J. D. Salinger
If you can't, or won't, think of Seymour, then you go right ahead and call in some ignorant psychoanalyst. You just do that. You just call in some analyst who's experienced in adjusting people to the joys of television, and Life magazine every Wednesday, and European travel, and the H-bomb, and Presidential elections, and the front page of the Times, and God knows what else that's gloriously normal. J. D. Salinger
I drew laughing, high-breasted girls aquaplaning without a care in the world, as a result of being amply protected against such national evils as bleeding gums, facial blemishes, unsightly hairs, and faulty or inadequate life insurance. I drew housewives who, until they reached for the right soap flakes, laid themselves wide open to straggly hair, poor posture, unruly children, disaffected husbands, rough (but slender) hands, untidy (but enormous) kitchens. J. D. Salinger

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