22 stories ( uncollected stories ) by J.D. Salinger
The hang of it
"What's your name, Bud? " asked the sarge.
"Bobby. Bobby Pettit."
"Well, Bobby Pettit," said the sarge, "I'll just call ya Bobby. I always call them by their first names. And they all call me Mother. Just like they was at home
The heart of a broken story
I think love is a touch and yet not a touch.
I suppose it's important to a woman that other people think of her as the wife of a man who is either rich, handsome, witty or popular. I'm not even popular. I'm not even hated. I'm just--I'm just"”Justin Horgenschlag.
In a boy-meets-girl story, the boy should always meet the girl.
Both parties concerned
"Wake me when it thunders, Ruthie. Please. It's okay. I mean, wake me when it thunders." That made her cry harder. Funny kid. But she wakes me now, that's what I mean. It's okay with me. I mean it's okay with me. I mean I don't care if it thunders every night.
Last day of the last furlough
When I just see the handwriting on the envelope of Frances' letters - the silly, affected handwriting - I'm the happiest guy in the world.
Elaine
"I'm going to high school next week. George Washington High."
"That's co-ed, isn't it? " Monny said.
"No. Boys and girls," Elaine informed her.
A girl I knew
Probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. How well or how badly the man actually knew the girl doesn't necessarily affect the transformation. She was there, and she was the whole city, and that"™s that.
A man can't go along indefinitely carrying around in his pocket a key that doesn't fit anything.
The hang of it
"What's your name, Bud? " asked the sarge.
"Bobby. Bobby Pettit."
"Well, Bobby Pettit," said the sarge, "I'll just call ya Bobby. I always call them by their first names. And they all call me Mother. Just like they was at home
The heart of a broken story
I think love is a touch and yet not a touch.
I suppose it's important to a woman that other people think of her as the wife of a man who is either rich, handsome, witty or popular. I'm not even popular. I'm not even hated. I'm just--I'm just"”Justin Horgenschlag.
In a boy-meets-girl story, the boy should always meet the girl.
Both parties concerned
"Wake me when it thunders, Ruthie. Please. It's okay. I mean, wake me when it thunders." That made her cry harder. Funny kid. But she wakes me now, that's what I mean. It's okay with me. I mean it's okay with me. I mean I don't care if it thunders every night.
Last day of the last furlough
When I just see the handwriting on the envelope of Frances' letters - the silly, affected handwriting - I'm the happiest guy in the world.
Elaine
"I'm going to high school next week. George Washington High."
"That's co-ed, isn't it? " Monny said.
"No. Boys and girls," Elaine informed her.
A girl I knew
Probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. How well or how badly the man actually knew the girl doesn't necessarily affect the transformation. She was there, and she was the whole city, and that"™s that.
A man can't go along indefinitely carrying around in his pocket a key that doesn't fit anything.