J. D. Salinger Quotes

What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.

J. D. Salinger

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• What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Interesting
  • Alone
  • Nice