J. D. Salinger Quotes


Women kill me. They really do. I don't mean I'm oversexed or anything like that—although I am quite sexy. I just like them, I mean. They're always leaving their goddam bags out in the middle of the aisle.


Citations

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown and Company, 1951, p. 54.

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J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger
  • Born: January 1, 1919
  • Died: January 27, 2010
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Jerome David Salinger was an American writer best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Before its publication, Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine and served in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work.