“ That’s what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere swanky for lunch. It mad me so damn sad when I thought about it, their never going anywhere swanky fo… J.D. Salinger
“ He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were. J.D. Salinger
“ Unfortunately, here as elsewhere on this touching planet, imitation is the watchword and prestige the highest ambition. J.D. Salinger
“ I never really knew anything about friendship before I was in the Army. Did you Vince? Not a thing. It's the best thing there is. Just About. J.D. Salinger
“ I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy. J.D. Salinger
“ As much as anything else, it was a stare, not so paradoxically, of a privacy-lover who, once his privacy has been invaded, doesn't quite approve when the invader just gets up and leaves, one-two-three… J.D. Salinger
