J. D. Salinger Quotes

“That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They...”

― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:love

“Just because somebody's dead, you don't just stop liking them, for God's sake—especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than the people you know that're alive and all.”

― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:love death kindness

“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect...”

― J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

topic:love respect

“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.”

― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:life

“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 Catcher in the Rye

topic:death humility

“Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on...”

― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:death

“I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say 'Holden Caulfield' on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say 'Fuck you.' I'm positive,...”

― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:death

“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, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:death war

“I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.”

― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:death loneliness

“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, Franny and Zooey

topic:happiness knowledge intelligence

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