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More Quotes by J. D. Salinger
All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly
I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.
If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.
People always clap for the wrong reasons.
It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding.
Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
