J. D. Salinger Quotes
There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.
Quotes to Explore
-
It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
-
I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.
-
The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
-
I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
-
Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
-
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
-
Being a role model is about being true to myself.
-
The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
-
I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
-
Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
-
I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
-
The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
-
I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
-
The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
-
Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
-
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
-
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
-
What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
-
Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers.
-
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
-
For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
-
Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile is my children.
-
The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together.
-
There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.
