3 December 2020 J. D. Salinger It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
3 December 2020 J. D. Salinger You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they’re mean bastards at heart.
3 December 2020 J. D. Salinger I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That’s the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty… you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.
3 December 2020 J. D. Salinger I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
3 December 2020 J. D. Salinger I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.