J. Salinger
J. Salinger
bad care leave leaving sad
I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse.
bunch coming die dump except fix flowers hell hope people putting river somebody sticking stomach sunday wants
Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you are dead? Nobody.
felt guess running
I don't even know what I was running for - I guess I just felt like it.
pretend
I'd thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.
finding half helluva looking mean trouble
Half the time, if you really want to know the truth, when I'm horsing around with a girl, I have a helluva lot of trouble just finding what I'm looking for, for God's sake, if you know what I mean