J.D. Salinger

"Ducks shouldn't eat bread, you know."

"I really did. I'm not kidding."

"The world's a hard place, Caulfield. It really is."

"People are always ruining things for you."

"It really kills me sometimes, it really does."

"I'm in bad shape. I'm really in bad shape."

"What I really need is a rest, I really do. What I really need is to lay low somewhere and relax."

"It really does. It happened."

"The secret's in not giving up."

"All I do is think of women."

"I'm always saying goodbye to people I don't even want to say hello to."

"It's funny what happens when you say goodbye to somebody you never want to see again."

"I'm in a rut."

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is what I'm depressed about."

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."

"You cannot live in the world with such an approach."

"It kills me. It always kills me."

"That's the thing about growing up, you lose things as you gain things."

"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life."

"Sex is something I really don't understand."

"I really did though. I'm serious."

"The worst thing that can happen in a war is not death."

"People are always asking you to do things."

"The real thing is, I don't know what I'm doing."

"It really would be wonderful if I could do that."

"Sometimes it gets you kind of mad, if you think about it too much."

"The thing that really gets me is when people don't understand."

"I'm the kind of guy that if somebody tells me a lie, it kills me."

"What I'm trying to say is there are times when you really don't want to be alone."

"The world needs more kindness, not more cruelty."