Famous JD Salinger Quotes

  • People always think something’s all true. – JD Salinger

    People always think something’s all true.– JD Salinger

  • He laughed and the others laughed with him, except Babe, who resented slightly that what he felt so deeply could be reduced to a humor. – JD Salinger

    He laughed and the others laughed with him, except Babe, who resented slightly that what he felt so deeply could be reduced to a humor.– JD Salinger

  • Mothers are all slightly insane. – JD Salinger

    Mothers are all slightly insane.– JD Salinger

  • She was not one for emptying her face of expression. – JD Salinger

    She was not one for emptying her face of expression. – JD Salinger

  • Some guys spend days looking for something they lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I’d care too much. – JD Salinger

    Some guys spend days looking for something they lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I’d care too much.– JD Salinger

  • I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood. – JD Salinger

    I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.– JD Salinger

  • I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move will be to apply yourself in school. – JD Salinger

    I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move will be to apply yourself in school.– JD Salinger

  • I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it? – JD Salinger

    I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it?– JD Salinger

  • If German boys had learned to be contemptuous of violence, Hitler would have had to take up knitting to keep his ego warm. – JD Salinger

    If German boys had learned to be contemptuous of violence, Hitler would have had to take up knitting to keep his ego warm.– JD Salinger

  • A story never ends. The narrator is usually provided with a nice, artistic spot for his voice to stop, but that’s about all. – JD Salinger

    A story never ends. The narrator is usually provided with a nice, artistic spot for his voice to stop, but that’s about all.– JD Salinger