J. D. SalingerFranny was staring at the little blotch of sunshine with a special intensity, as if she were considering lying down in it. ✨ j.d. salinger (1961). franny and zooey371Reflection
J. D. SalingerShe really started to cry, and the next thing I knew, I was kissing her all over - anywhere - her eyes, her nose, her forehead, her eyebrows, and all, her ears - her whole face ex… ▶361Sadness
J. D. SalingerYou don't always have to get too sexy to get to know a girl. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE361Reflection
J. D. SalingerI don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE372Hope
J. D. SalingerThe thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything… ▶373Reading
J. D. SalingerThe rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books. Tall cases lined… ▶362Reading
J. D. SalingerI’m not going to bed after all. Somebody around here hath murdered sleep. Good for him.362Time
J. D. SalingerAsk her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE362Humanity
J. D. SalingerI'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. ✨ j.d. salinger (1961). franny and zooey351Reading
J. D. SalingerLane himself lit a cigarette as the train pulled in. Then, like so many people, who, perhaps, ought to be issued only a very probational pass to meet trains, he tried to empty his… ▶362HumanityTruth
J. D. SalingerSex is something I really don't understand too hot. ✨ 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951) ch. 9373Sadness
J. D. SalingerThe room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall in Valhalla. … ▶363Time
J. D. SalingerIf a body catch a body coming through the rye. ✨ Catcher in the Rye (1951) ch. 22363Time
J. D. SalingerIt's everybody, I mean. Everything everybody does is so - I don't know - not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and - sad-making. An… ▶363PhilosophySadness
J. D. SalingerKnow your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE374ThoughtTruth
J. D. SalingerLiberate yourself from my vice-like grip!374Time
J. D. SalingerI knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway. ✨ J.D. Salinger (1951). The Catcher in the Rye352Sadness
J. D. SalingerThe little girl on the plane Who turned her doll's head around To look at me. ✨ j.d. salinger (1961). franny and zooey353Reflection
J. D. SalingerI’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s d… ▶331Reading
J. D. SalingerThis is God's universe, buddy, not yours, and he has the final say about what's ego and what isn't. ✨ j.d. salinger (1961). franny and zooey342Reflection
J. D. SalingerYou're lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world. ✨ Franny and Zooey. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1961.375ReadingTime
J. D. SalingerThere isn’t a nightclub in the world that you can sit in for a long time unless you can at least buy some liquor and get drunk. Or unless you’re with some girl that really knocks … ▶364Time
J. D. SalingerIt was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE342Philosophy
J. D. SalingerI thought the two ugly ones were sisters, but they got very insulted when I asked them. You could tell neither one of them wanted to look like the other one, and you couldn't blam… ▶353Thought
J. D. SalingerI have scars on my hands from touching certain people. ✨ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955). Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Book… ▶342HumanityReading
J. D. SalingerI mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us al… ▶353LoveTime
J. D. SalingerOh, this happiness is strong stuff. ✨ Top 10 books about being alone by Rebecca Dinerstein, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2015.375Reading
J. D. SalingerI ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1968). FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR376Love
J. D. SalingerThere is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I live to write. But I write just for myself … ▶354Reading
J. D. SalingerHe seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement.365Sadness
