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J.D. Salinger
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J.D. Salinger: Quotes

  • Automobiles
    Take most people, they're crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, and they're always talking about how many miles they get to a gallon, and if they get a brand-new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that's even newer. I don't even like old cars. . . . I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye
  • Writing and Writers
    A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up his pride.J.D. Salinger: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour: