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Three Early Stories QUOTES

Three Early Stories QUOTES

1 " He looked at me with his eyes shining—yes, shining. The boy’s eyes could shine. "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

2 " The swimming stinks here because there are no waves even little waves. What good is it without any ways and you never get scared or turned all over "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

3 " He was reading with his mouth open, and he didn’t hear me walk across the porch and sit down on the railing opposite his chair.

I kicked his chair with the toe of my shoe. “Stop reading, Mac,” I said. “Put down that book. Entertain me.” He was reading Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

4 " Aunt--Uh--There's a war on. Uh--I mean you've seen it on the newsreels. I mean you've heard it on the radio and all, haven't you? "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

5 " I watched Kenneth’s face like a writer. "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

6 " You used to be such a swell kid," Bobby stated briefly.
"Oh! And I ain't no more?" Helen little-girl'd. "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

7 " Wuttaya say.”
“Bill’s inside,” Lucille said. “Get me a drink, willya, Harry?”
“Sure. "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

8 " But her arms were probably the best of her. They were brown and round and good. "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories

9 " ABOUT ELEVEN O’CLOCK, Lucille Henderson "

― J.D. Salinger , Three Early Stories