“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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