Holden Caulfield

"Phoniness is the greatest plague of our time."

"I have this thing where I get very sore about it."

"It really does. It kills me."

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I'm from and what my lousy childhood was like."

"I'm going to apply myself, starting Monday. I really am."

"I'd just as soon not talk about it, if you want to know the truth."

"It really kills me, it does."

"The thing is, it's very hard to live in a place where you want to leave all the time."

"I really mean it. I'm a very suspicious character, in my own way."

"I'd probably just die. I would. That's all I'd do."

"I'm in terrible shape. I really am."

"That's the thing about girls. They never want to do what they want to do."

"I am the very model of health and strength."

"It really killed me, the way they kept saying that."

"It really does."

"That's the thing about girls. Even if they want to act like they don't care, you can tell they really do."

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

"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."

"I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all."

"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."

"I really do. I'm a secret slob."

"It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they do what you want them to."

"I'm damn near crazy. I really am."

"The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs."

"I have this thing where nobody can talk me into doing anything. I have to want to do it."

"That killed me. It really did."

"I'm afraid it'll change. It'll be different when I come back."

"It's very corny, but I love it anyway."

"I don't think I could ever do it with somebody that didn't really love me."

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is what a madman I am."