A glass jar containing one green marble beside a small brush and scattered scraps on a white surface. — Original artwork

Certain things should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.

J.D. Salinger

A red knitted mitten rests on a snowy windowsill overlooking winter trees. — Original artwork

Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.

J.D. Salinger

A smoking cigarette rests across a martini glass beside an ashtray and small leafy sprig in warm window light. — Original artwork

She looked nice, smoking. She inhaled and all, but she didn't wolf the smoke down, the way most women around her age do. She had a lot of charm. She had quite a lot of sex appeal, too, if you really want to know.

J.D. Salinger