J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salingerwas an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 January 1919
CountryUnited States of America
flower religion want
who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody.
two guy tree
While I was walking I passed these two guys that were unloading this big Christmas tree off a truck. One guy, kept saying to the other guy, 'Hold the sonunvabitch up! Hold it up, for Chrissake!' It certainly was a gorgeous way to talk about a Christmas tree.
blue iron people
You know, I'm the only one in this family who has no problems, . . . And you know why? Because any time I'm feeling blue, or puzzled , what I do, I just invite a few people to come visit me in the bathroom, and--well, we iron things out together, that's all.
wall book exaggeration-is
The rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls of the room, filled to and beyond capacity. The overflow had been piled in stacks on the floor. There was little space left for walking, and none whatever for pacing.
crazy swear-to-god swear
But I'm Crazy. I swear to God I am.
sarcastic sarcasm mood
I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.
depressing mean boys
Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.
laughing might wells
Listen, if you're not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
sea islands phrases
Each of his phrases was rather like a little ancient island, inundated by a miniature sea of whiskey.
thinking people missing
Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.
strong likes-and-dislikes world
You can't exist in this world with such strong likes and dislikes.
memories names desire
How that name comes up. Mixing memory and desire
army nazi said
He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were.
phones hands joy
For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.