That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can'…

J. D. Salinger
303 citations
That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Thought
21

More Author Quotes

Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1968). FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt li … ▶
You can't argue with someone who believes, or just passionately suspects, that the poet's function is not to write what he must write but, rather, to write what he would write if his life depended on … ▶
He was the tallest, thinnest, weariest boy I had ever seen in my life. He was brilliant. He had gorgeous brown eyes, and he had only two suits. He was completely unhappy, and I didn't know why.

That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes