J. D. Salinger Quotes

I did rocks, all this dumb stuff. But now it's just trying to stay afloat and just get through the days.

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

I think there are spirits who are just too frail for the events life throws at them. Where do these people hide, and how do they survive?

People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need for lightness or even entertainment.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

If you're out there and things are going badly, are you going to cry or break down?

If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

A few years ago, I would let it get to me. But now, as long as my mum and my sister and my kids don't have any stress, I'm good.

I couldn't deal with a normal life.

I want to keep my sanity.

I think it's becoming cool to have mental toughness or to meditate. It's a thing, but I don't think people really understand the value of it.

When we have emotional pain in our lives, we are going to seek to relieve that pain in some way.

You have to be enough of a parent - you have to be there. If I'm feeling bad, I really do just have to get on with it and try and channel it back into my work somehow, do something positive with it.

You're heading for a breakdown. Why don't you pull yourself to pieces?

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.

Dear friend, I feel great! I really mean it. I have to remember his for the next time I'm having a terrible week. Have you wer done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don't know why. I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday, so I should store up as many great details as I can, so during the next terrible week, I can remember those details and believe that I'll feel great again. It doesn't work a lot, but I think it's very important to try.

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

I find that if I use my time well and take care of my mind/body when I'm outside of work, then I feel more supported throughout my day.

A very sensitive person in this stupid world is bound to become mad.... Only meditation can save him from becoming mad.

I am never home, and it's hard to keep up with things that are good for you to have in life like relationships, whether they be romantic or friendship. I have to work twice as hard to make sure I don't just check out. That's what I mean by vulnerability.

Moving to New York City and doing what I do, social anxiety is a really ridiculous kind of curse to have. But I met people along the way who deal with it - performers as well - and they are learning to deal with it daily and deal with it in different ways.

Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

I don't need a good skate to make everything OK.