J. D. Salinger

• "I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.“
• "It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.“
• "I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.“
• "I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.“
• "I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.“
• "Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.“
• "You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.“
• "I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.“
• "I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.“

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