365 Quotes by J. D. Salinger

That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any.

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.

Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad.

How old are you? I asked her. "Old enough to know better." she said.

The little girl on the plane Who turned her doll's head around To look at me.

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

Then I’d throw my automatic down the elevator shaft-after I’d wiped off all the fingerprints and all. Then I’d crawl back up to my room and call up Jane and have her come over and bandage up my guts. I pictured her holding a cigarette for me to smoke while I was bleeding and all. The goddam movies. They can ruin you. I’m not kidding.

Why the hell don'tcha, instead of keep saying it?

It isn't very serious, I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.