Quotes by : J.D. Salinger

We don't talk, we hold forth. We don't converse, we expound.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything....

These intellectual guys don't like to have an intellectual conversation with you unless they're running....

Keep me up till five because all your stars are out, and for no other reason…Oh dare to do it Buddy!....

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

Answer Professor Mandell’s letter when you get a chance and the patience. Ask him not to send me any....

I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it?

I purely came over because I thought you looked extremely lonely. You have an extremely sensitive face.....

I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy....