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The Catcher in the Rye
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"The Catcher in the Rye" Quotes

A disillusioned teenager wanders through New York City, grappling with the phoniness of the adult world.

Quotes

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

J.D. Salinger

readingself-awareness

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

J.D. Salinger

judgmentintelligence

People never notice anything.

J.D. Salinger

observationperception

Certain things they 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

nostalgiachange

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

J.D. Salinger

deceptionself-awareness

If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off.

J.D. Salinger

modestyself-control

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 terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.

J.D. Salinger

booksfriendship

People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair.

J.D. Salinger

stereotypesindividuality

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

J.D. Salinger

communicationinfluence

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

J.D. Salinger

uncertaintyintrospection