The world is full of actors pretending to be human

The world is full of actors pretending to be human

J.D. Salinger

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.

The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.

Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.

Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.

I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.

I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.

I'm up to my ears in unwritten words.

I'm up to my ears in unwritten words.

Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly

Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly

Hell is the suffering of being unable to love.

Hell is the suffering of being unable to love.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

The memory of a particular image is but regret for a particular moment.

The memory of a particular image is but regret for a particular moment.

To the pure all things are pure!

To the pure all things are pure!

The courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the

The courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the "other side.

We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.

We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.