“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
“I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.”
― What Is the What
― What Is the What
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