J. Salinger
J. Salinger
finding half helluva looking mean trouble
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
bunch coming die dump except fix flowers hell hope people putting river somebody sticking stomach sunday wants
Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you are dead? Nobody.
bad care leave leaving sad
I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse.
felt guess running
I don't even know what I was running for - I guess I just felt like it.
catcher fall half hell love rye sat sort time
I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. There's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall in love with them and then you never know where the hell you are. - The Catcher in the Rye
hear puke time word
Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phoney. I could puke every time I hear it
pretend
I'd thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.
few lose quite virginity
If you want to know the truth, I'm a virgin. I really am. I've had quite a few opportunities to lose my virginity and all, but I've never got around to it yet.