Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

Where do the ducks go in the winter?

Franny was staring at the little blotch of sunshine with a special intensity, as if she were considering lying down in it.

But I was afraid of the questions (much more than the accusations) you might both put to me.

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn't any brains. -Holden Caulfield

Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.