I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.
J. D. SalingerBut what I mean is, lots of time you donโt know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesnโt interest you most. I mean you canโt help it sometimes.
J. D. SalingerThen again you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.'
J. D. SalingerI live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away.
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