Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.)
J. D. SalingerIt always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world.
J. D. SalingerBoy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.
J. D. SalingerYou never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
J. D. Salinger