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They seem unthreatening, incapable of hurting you. But they are also incapable of giving much. You feel that if you prop them up enough, they will eventually be capable of giving something back.
I’ve definitely made excuses for people but deep down I fear this is how I am perceived. Because I CAN be like this in some relationships.
“I think that one of these days," he said, "you're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. But immediately. You can't afford to lose a minute. Not you.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Lawyers are alright, I guess — but it doesn't appeal to me", I said. "I mean they're alright if they go around saving innocent guys' lives all the time, and like that, but you don't do that kind of stuff if you're a lawyer. All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink Martinis and look like a hot-shot. And besides, even if you did go around saving guys' lives and all, how would you know if you did it because you really wanted to save guys' lives, or because you did it because what you really wanted to do was be a terrific lawyer, with everybody slapping you on the back and congratulating you in court when the goddam trial was over, the reporters and everybody, the way it is in the dirty movies? How would you know you weren't being a phony? The trouble is you wouldn't.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversations with anybody. If anybody wanted to tell me something, they'd have to write it on a piece of paper and shove it over to me. They'd get bored as hell doing that after a while, and then I'd be through with having conversations for the rest of my life. Everybody'd think I was just a poor deaf-mute bastard and they'd leave me alone . . . I'd cook all my own food, and later on, if I wanted to get married or something, I'd meet this beautiful girl that was also a deaf-mute and we'd get married. She'd come and live in my cabin with me, and if she wanted to say anything to me, she'd have to write it on a piece of paper, like everybody else”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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