J. D. Salinger Quotes

“I wouldn't exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, though.”

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

topic:beauty

“Listen, I don't care what you say about my race, creed, or religion, Fatty, but don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty.”

― J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

topic:beauty

“He had a theory, Walt, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sicks on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world.”

― J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“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, The Catcher in the Rye

topic:good

“I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity.”

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

topic:stupidity intelligence

“I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversations with anybody. If anybody wanted to tell me something, they'd have to write it on a piece of paper and...”

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

topic:stupidity

“I mean he was very intelligent and all, but you could tell he didn't have too much brains.”

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

topic:stupidity intelligence

“Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.”

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

topic:change

“You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.”

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

topic:education

“Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it'll begin to give you an idea what size mind you have.”

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

topic:education mind

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