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Americans looked to him during the 1950s as a model of loyalty, dignity, and decency. For a period of nearly two decades, from the cataclysms of the Second World War, through the prosperous if anxious days of the early cold war, until the
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“People never notice anything.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
― On the Road
― On the Road

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night

“I never felt like that before. Maybe it could be depression, like you get. I can understand how you suffer now when you're depressed; I always thought you liked it and I thought you could have snapped yourself out any time, if not alone then by means of the mood organ. But when you get that depressed you don't care. Apathy, because you've lost a sense of worth. It doesn't matter whether you feel better because you have no worth.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“Everything you do either sets you up for success or puts another obstacle in your way.”
― The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life
― The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life
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