Holden Caulfield

Character in The Catcher in the Rye From: The Catcher in the Rye

Protagonist and narrator; a cynical teenage boy navigating post-war America

417 quotes

"I'm a very moody guy."
"If I ever go back to school again, that's one of the first things I'll do."
Education
"That's the thing that really gets me about people."
Philosophy
"I really do have a very good sense of humor."
Humor
"It really is."
"That killed me."
Humor
"I'm not too sure about it."
"I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot"
Education
"It's funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody"
Relationships
"I was born quite a long ways from here"
"It really does"
Humor
"That killed me"
Humor
"I really do. I'm quite spiritual, even though I don't believe in organized religion"
Faith
"I'd just as soon marry a girl that hasn't a lot of dough"
Money
"I hate it when you're watching TV and somebody keeps asking you questions"
Humor
"It would be fun to take a vow of silence"
Solitude
"I'm a goddam sex maniac"
Humor
"I'm sick. I'm not kidding around"
Health
"What I really felt like doing was committing suicide"
"I hate actors. They're phonies"
Truth
"I really am. I'm a sex maniac"
Humor
"She was a very nice, polite little girl"
Kindness
"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life"
Truth
"I wish I could go home and live in those archives"
"I don't know what I want to do with my life"
Dreams
"Certain things they should stay the way they are"
Change
"I really do. That's the thing about me. I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life."
Humor
"It kills me, it really does."
Humor
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I want to go to school and all, but I don't feel like going into it."
Education
"I was wondering if maybe I was going crazy. Sometimes I think I am."
Fear