I always pick a gorgeous time to fall over a suitcase or something.

~ J.d. Salinger

J.d. Salinger Catcher In The Rye Humour J D Salinger

If you're not inthe mood, you can't do that stuff right.

~ J.d. Salinger

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So what do you think?’ He asked, holding up the book.‘I think Salinger is a closet paedophile,’ I replied placidly and was surprised and comforted by this minuscule, acidic, bitter Sylvia Plath like mocking, sniping tone that had crept into my voice. ‘The main character Seymour is a fully grown man and a pervert who befriends young girls with his storytelling and swimming, just to get close enough to groom them in preparation for the inevitable sexual assault he lusts after. You might have noticed for example in A Perfect Day For Bananafish he grabs the young girls-’‘Sybil.’‘He grabs Sybil’s ankles while lying on the beach and again when he pushes her in the water,’ I continued. ‘He goes too far when he kisses the bottom of her foot which makes even a four-year-old yell out in fear, knowing a line had been crossed. Frustrated Seymour walks away and goes back to his hotel where he kills himself in shame.

~ J.d. Gallagher

J.d. Gallagher Book J D Salinger Quote Sylvia Plath

I've read this same sentence about twenty times since you came in.Anybody else except Ackley would've taken the goddamn hint. Not him though...What the hellya reading?Goddamn book.He shoved my book back with his hand so that he could see the name on it. Any good? he said.This sentence I'm reading is terrific.

~ J.d. Salinger

J.d. Salinger Book J D Salinger The Catcher In The Rye

Boy, it began to rain like a bastard. In buckets, I swear to God. All the parents and mothers and everybody went over and stood right under the roof of the carrousel, so they wouldn't get soaked to the skin or anything, but I stuck around on the bench for quite a while. I got pretty soaking wet, especially my neck and my pants. My hunting hat really gave me quite a lot of protection, in a way; but I got soaked anyway. I didn't care, though. I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth. I don't know why. It was just that she looked so damn nice, the way she kept going around and around, in her blue coat and all. God, I wish you could've been there.

~ J.d. Salinger

J.d. Salinger Catcher In The Rye J D Salinger Rain Rye

Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.

~ J.d. Salinger

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