Life Quotes Quote by J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

““It's such a stupid question, in my opinion. I mean, how do you know what you're going to do till you”

“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and they're pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. Nobody's be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that, exactly. You'd just be different, that's all. You'd have an overcoat this time. Or the kid that was your partner in line the last time had got scarlet fever and you'd have a new partner. Or you'd have a substitute taking the class, instead of Miss Aigletinger. Or you'd heard your mother and father having a terrific fight in the bathroom. Or you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I mean you'd be different in some way—I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it.”

“Something amazing happens when you're in love and don't give a damn about what day it is anymore.”

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”

“And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.”

“There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while.”

“Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us. ”

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the worlds problems.”