You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
("Franny and Zooey")
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Don't you think I have sense enough to worry about my motives for saying the prayer? That's exactly what's bothering me so. Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment or peace, instead or money or prestige or game or any of those things, doesn't mean I'm not as egotistical and self-seeking as everybody else. If anything, I'm more so!J.D. Salinger
The trouble with girls is, if they like a boy, no matter how big a bastard he is, they'll say he has an inferiority complex, and if they don't like him, no matter how nice a guy he is, or how big an inferiority complex he has, they'll say he's conceited. Even smart girls do it.
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I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.
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God, I wish you could have been there.
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She gave me a pain in the ass, but she was very good looking.
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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.
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