Keep me up till five because all your stars are out, and for no other reasonโฆOh dare to do it Buddy! Trust your heart. Youโre a deserving craftsman. It would never betray you. Good night. Iโm feeling very much over-excited now, and a little dramatic, but I think Iโd give almost anything on earth to see you writing a something, an anything, a poem, a tree, that was really and truly after your own heart.
J. D. SalingerI canโt explain what I mean. And even if I could, Iโm not sure Iโd feel like it.
J. D. SalingerYou 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.
J. D. Salingerprobably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. how well or how badly the man actually knew the girl doesnโt necessarily affect the transformation. she was there, and she was the whole city, and thatโs that
J. D. SalingerIf 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.
J. D. Salinger