J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salingerwas an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 January 1919
CountryUnited States of America
spiritual mean thinking
I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to.
eye boys two
He was the tallest, thinnest, weariest boy I had ever seen in my life. He was brilliant. He had gorgeous brown eyes, and he had only two suits. He was completely unhappy, and I didn't know why.
used reader used-to-be
God, how I still love private readers. It’s what we all used to be.
eye kissing noses
She really started to cry, and the next thing I knew, I was kissing her all over - anywhere - her eyes, her nose, her forehead, her eyebrows, and all, her ears - her whole face except her mouth and all.
strong likes-and-dislikes people
You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
interesting nerves trouble
Oh, I don’t know. That digression business got on my nerves. I don’t know. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It’s more interesting and all.
girl phones puberty
She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty.
meditation firsts dimensions
You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when I feel like it. I certainly don't use logic when I do it. Logic's the first thing you have to get rid of.
strong likes-and-dislikes world
You can't exist in this world with such strong likes and dislikes.
sea islands phrases
Each of his phrases was rather like a little ancient island, inundated by a miniature sea of whiskey.
sarcastic sarcasm mood
I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.
ends
Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.
point reached saying sure totally
We have now reached the point where we are totally sure what we are saying is true.