“Classics aren't books that are read for pleasure. Classics are books that are imposed on unwilling students, books that are subjected to analyses of "levels of significance" and other blatt, books that are dead.”
― Rite of Passage
― Rite of Passage
“Realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing”
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“I wasn't sleepy or anything, but I was feeling sort of lousy. Depressed and all. I almost wished I was dead.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Try not to drive yourself crazy attempting to be completely original. People need at least a portion of familiarity in order to relate.”
― Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
― Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.”
― After the Banquet
― After the Banquet
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