J. D. Salinger on Happiness
Browse 4 quotations attributed to J. D. Salinger, catalogued under happiness, with dates where available.
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Attributed to J. D. Salinger, entry #247784: ""You know Adam?" Teddy asked him."Do I know who?""Adam. In the Bible."Nicholson smiled. "Not personally," he said dryly."
Attributed to J. D. Salinger, entry #186975: "The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid."
4 Quotes by J. D. Salinger on Happiness
""You know Adam?" Teddy asked him."Do I know who?""Adam. In the Bible."Nicholson smiled. "Not personally," he said dryly."
"The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid."
"For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands."
"I'm a kind of a paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy."