If you're not in the mood, you can't do that stuff right. J. D. Salinger More Quotes by J. D. Salinger More Quotes From J. D. Salinger I'm up to my ears in unwritten words. J. D. Salinger written-wordunwrittenears I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it. J. D. Salinger i-hate-youpuddlesmean Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs. J. D. Salinger suitcasesliteraturepeople The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding. J. D. Salinger crooksexpensiveschool I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect. J. D. Salinger sickliking-someonepeople An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. J. D. Salinger perfectionwritingart The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. J. D. Salinger growing-upmaturitymen I have scars on my hands from touching certain people. J. D. Salinger touchinghandspeople Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it will begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What’ll fit and, maybe, what it won’t. After a while, you’ll have an idea what kind of thoughts your mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you an extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that won’t suit you, aren’t becoming to you. You’ll begin to know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly. J. D. Salinger suits-youdistanceideas The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid. J. D. Salinger happyhappinesslife Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it. J. D. Salinger phonyhatewriting People are always ruining things for you. J. D. Salinger people I just hope that one day - preferably when we’re both blind drunk - we can talk about it. J. D. Salinger drunkone-dayblind I could happily lie down and die sometimes. J. D. Salinger down-andsometimeslying That's something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't. J. D. Salinger annoyingcoffeemean It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road. J. D. Salinger afternooncrazysun Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew--knew--that we're carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we're all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look? J. D. Salinger stupidheavenjesus I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy. J. D. Salinger make-you-happysmarthappiness I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question. J. D. Salinger stupidmeanthinking We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle. J. D. Salinger distancecirclesblood
