D. Salinger
D. Salinger
love life courage
I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
laughter stupid mean
And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
hate writing phony
Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.
inspiring love-you etc
I love you to pieces, distraction, etc.
distance blood circles
We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle.
book coffee doors
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
hate holden catchers
All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
hate thinking people
I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do
choices poet materials
The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
education teacher thinking
You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
children responsibility house
Marriage partners are to serve each other. Elevate, help, teach, strengthen each other, but above all, serve. Raise their children honorably, lovingly and with detachment. A child is a guest in the house, to be loved and respected - never possessed, since he belongs to God. How wonderful, how sane, how beautifully difficult, and therefore true. The joy of responsibility for the first time in my life.
people literature suitcases
Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
book reading writing
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
hate looks dresses
Don't hate me because I can't remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.