They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more. It's not so good, that way.
("Nine Stories")
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He stuck around till around dinnertime, talking about all the guys at Pencey that he hated their guts, and squeezing this big pimple on his chin. He didn't even use a handkerchief. I don't even think the bastard had a handkerchief, if you want to know the truth. I never saw him use one, anyway.J.D. Salinger
Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it.
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People are always ruining things for you.
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I knew a lot of guys at Pencey I thought were a lot handsomer than Stradlater, but they wouldn't look handsome if you saw their pictures in the Year Book. They'd look like they had big noses or their ears stuck out.
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If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good any more.
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They gave Sally this little blue butt-twitcher of a dress to wear. She really did look damn good in it, though. I have to admit it. And don't think she didn't know it. She kept walking ahead of me, so that I'd see how cute her little ass looked. It did look pretty cute, too. I hate to admit it.
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