December 2010
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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
This is a statement of Wilhelm Stekel, which Salinger quotes in The Catcher in the Rye
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“I don’t really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it’s always nice, I’ll grant you, if he has one.”
- Seymour: An Introduction - J.D. Salinger.
Do we have a reason?
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Flavorwire>>Literary Mixtape - Holden Caufield →
Holden would totally listen to The Smiths.
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comelylittletree asked: I'M SO GLAD I FOUND YOU. I'M SO GLAD YOU EXIST.
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Flavorwire>>Literary Mixtape - Holden Caufield →
Holden would totally listen to The Smiths.
comelylittletree asked: I'M SO GLAD I FOUND YOU. I'M SO GLAD YOU EXIST.
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I told Muriel tonight that in Zen Buddhism a master was once asked what was the...
– J.D. Salinger (Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters)
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Loretta was Clay’s girl. They intended to get married at their earliest...
– J.D. Salinger, ”For Esmé—With Love and Squalor” (via nicklacke)
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
– J.D. Salinger (via fuckyeahpastiche)
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I’m just so sick of pedants and conceited little tearer-downers I could scream.
– J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey (via -naked)
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I told Muriel tonight that in Zen Buddhism a master was once asked what was the...
– J.D. Salinger (Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters)
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Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick...
– The Catcher in the Rye (via pseudo-intellectual)
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The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference...
– J. D. Salinger, “De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period” (via heroichearts)
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I feel so funny. I think I’m going crazy. Maybe I’m already crazy.
– J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey (via chaotique)
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I’m just so sick of pedants and conceited little tearer-downers I could scream.
– J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey (via -naked)
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When I really worry about something, I don’t just fool around. I even have to go...
– J. D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye (via skiddo2000)
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Loretta was Clay’s girl. They intended to get married at their earliest...
– J.D. Salinger, ”For Esmé—With Love and Squalor” (via nicklacke)
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
– J.D. Salinger (via fuckyeahpastiche)
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Girls with their legs crossed, girls with their legs not crossed, girls with...
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via khadeejafinds)
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That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful,...
– H Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye - Holden Caulfield, you are so cynical, my friend. Think and Wonder and Dream:
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If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to...
– J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
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"Catcher in the Rye is the worst book I've ever...
justlikejericho:
This is what a guy in my math class said today.
I was appalled.
Sometimes you meet people, and they are not Salingerites.
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If you’re going to go to war against the system, just do your shooting like a...
– Zooey Glass, franny and zooey (via treasurecloset). Submitted by: top9everything
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Coming through the rye, poor body
Coming through the rye,
She draiglet a’ her...
– (via ukufts)
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Coming through the rye, poor body
Coming through the rye,
She draiglet a’ her...
– (via ukufts)
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That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful,...
– H Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye - Holden Caulfield, you are so cynical, my friend. Think and Wonder and Dream:
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If you’re going to go to war against the system, just do your shooting like a...
– Zooey Glass, franny and zooey (via treasurecloset). Submitted by: top9everything
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In my mind, I’m probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw.
– Holden Caulfield (via lereveur)
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I go mostly because I’m tired as hell of getting up furious in the morning and...
– J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey (via ayychee)
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Let’s just try to have a marvelous time this weekend. I mean not try to analyze...
– J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey (via monpersonnelsamizdat)
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