D. Salinger Quotes (6 Quotes)

I don8217t know about bores. Maybe you shouldn8217t feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. They don8217t hurt anybody most of them, and maybe they8217re all terrific whistlers or something. Who the hell knows Not me.

It's you I hate. You are a snooper and a thief.

I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger.

Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behaviour. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them8212if you want to. Just as some day, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.

Half the time, if you really want to know the truth, when I'm horsing around with a girl, I have a helluva lot of trouble just finding what I'm looking for, for God's sake, if you know what I mean

Life is a gift horse in my opinion.