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
running hope crazy
Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.
people
People are always ruining things for you.
i-hate-you mean puddles
I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it.
lying down-and sometimes
I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
laughing
Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
suicide bitter said
He said you were the only one who was bitter about S.'s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving.
want literature holden-caulfield
It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
crazy afternoon sun
It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.
reading together wedding-speech
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
beautiful
I wouldn't exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, though.
love-you connections ends
The connection was so bad, and I couldn’t talk at all during most of the call. How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person at the other end shouts back ‘What?
girl arms noses
I like to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girls around once in a while, even if they're only scratching their arms or blowing their noses or even just giggling or something.
intelligent stupidity
She's quite intelligent, in my stupidity.
hair hands people
I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.