Quotes by J. D. Salinger

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.

I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.