J.D. Salinger Quotes
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J.D. Salinger Quotes
An avid writer but notorious recluse, Salinger once said "I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure." Good luck using that one on your English teacher. Click on any J.D. Salinger quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. Looking for even more Salinger quotes? Head on over to his Shmoop biography.
"Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row."Source: The Catcher in the Rye | Author: J. D. Salinger
"Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."Source: The Catcher in the Rye | Author: J. D. Salinger
"She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."Source: "A Girl I Knew" | Author: J.D. Salinger