If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. -J. D. Salinger

 

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.


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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect. -J. D. Salinger
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Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phoney. I could puke every time I hear it.

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It's really too bad a lot of crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.

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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody. -J. D. Salinger
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Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.

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