Certain things should stay the way they are. You ought to be... - Holden Caulfield

This quote is attributed to Holden Caulfield.

"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."

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Character in The Catcher in the Rye

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More from Holden Caulfield

"It kills me. It really does."

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

"Phoniness kills me. It really does."

"I really do. That's the thing about me. I'm quite the sexfiend."

"Time waits for no one."

"Time spent with loved ones is never wasted."

"I've been alive for a long time. Long enough to know that you can't trust anyone."

"The past always catches up with you."