693 Quotes by J.D. Salinger

It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.

Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.

People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily and he had very red hair.

If you're not in the mood, you can't do that stuff right.

Anyway, I'm sort of glad they’ve got the atomic bomb invented. If there’s ever another war. I’m going to sit right the hell on top of it. I’ll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.

Please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming parentheses: (((()))).

She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty.

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular differennce between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.