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b882ead
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That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can.
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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81dd58f
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When you're 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're dead? Nobody.
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death
funeral-rites
holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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d0436f9
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late?
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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1363c16
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I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't you feel even worse.
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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f2b3c6e
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"If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the world. It's impossible."
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humor
signs
holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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5ef5efd
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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374d60f
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It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.
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truth
holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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fcda7a8
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Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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3961712
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If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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e8974a5
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I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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1193bad
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When the weather's nice, my parents go out quite frequently and stick a bunch of flowers on old Allie's grave. I went with them a couple of times, but I cut it out. In the first place, I don't enjoy seeing him in that crazy cemetery. Surrounded by dead guys and tombstones and all. It wasn't too bad when the sun was out, but twice--twice--we were there when it started to rain. It was awful. It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place. All the visitors that were visiting the cemetery started running like hell over to their cars. That's what nearly drove me crazy. All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then go someplace nice for dinner--everybody except Allie. I couldn't stand it. I know it's only his body and all that's in the cemetery, and his soul's in Heaven and all that crap, but I couldn't stand it anyway. I just wished he wasn't there.
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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fb1ad18
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"When I was all set to go, when I had my bags and all, I stood for a while next to the stairs and took a last look down the goddam corridor. I was sort of crying. I don't know why. I put my red hunting hat on, and turned the peak around to the back, the way I liked it, and then I yelled at the top of my goddam voice, "Sleep tight, ya morons!" I'll bet I woke up every bastard on the whole floor. Then I got the hell out. Some stupid guy had thrown peanut shells all over the stairs, and I damn near broke my crazy neck." --
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holden
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J.D. Salinger |
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de89096
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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 for lunch or anything. I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.
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j-d-salinger
salinger
holden
the-catcher-in-the-rye
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J.D. Salinger |
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f7c6151
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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.
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war
catcher
caulfield
db
rye
salinger
holden
army
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J.D. Salinger |
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d32ace4
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"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa "So not unnatural at all," Holden said, tipping a little more wine from the bottle into the doctor's glass. "Meaningless term," Cortazar said. "Humans arose inside nature. We're natural. Everything we do is natural. The whole idea that we are different in category is either sentimental or religious. Irrelevant from a scientific perspective." Tiamat's Wrath"
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holden
the-expanse-tiamat-s-wrath
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James S.A. Corey |
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4f410ca
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The Navy guy and I told each other we were glad to've met each other. Which always kils me. I'm always saing 'Glad to've met you' to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.
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holden
the-catcher-in-the-rye
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J.D. Salinger |