365 Quotes by J. D. Salinger

Don't hate me because I can't remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.

I live alone (but catless, I'd like everybody to know)....

If sentiment doesn't ultimately make fibbers of some people, their natural abominable memories almost certainly will.

People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you're not.

Pencey was full of crooks. Quite a few guys came from these wealthy families, but it was full of crooks anyway. The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has - I'm not kidding.

I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to.

Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

People never believe you.