The Laughing Man Quotes

“What was left of his fortune, the Laughing Man converted into diamonds, which he lowered casually, in emerald vaults, into the Black Sea. His personal wants were few. He subsisted exclusively on rice and eagle's blood, in a tiny cottage with an underground gymnasium and shooting range, on the stormy coast of Tibet.”
― J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories

“The Laughing Man' was just the right story for a Comanche. It may even have had classic dimensions. It was a story that tended to sprawl all over the place, and yet it remained essentially portable. You could always take it home with you and reflect on it while sitting, say, in the outgoing water in the bathtub.”
― J.D. Salinger

“Then the Chief took over, revealing what had formerly been a well-concealed flair for incompetence.”
― J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories