J.d. Salinger, The Catcher In The Rye

Quotes

• “I'm not trying to tell you,"he said "that only educated men are able to contribute something valuable to the world. It's...”
• “The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs--if yours are r...”
• “When you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the ...”
• “That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they'...”
• “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terri...”
• “I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even,...”
• “I think that one of these days,"he said, "you're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to ...”
• “It's such a stupid question, in my opinion. I mean, how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer i...”
• “Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the h...”
• “I am always saying "Glad to've met you"to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say...”
• “If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you"signs in the world. It's impossible...”
• “when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you"right under your nose.”
• “It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.”
• “Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.”
• “Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
• “You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.”
• “The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding.”
• “I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.”
• “who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody.”
• “I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.”