The Catcher in the Rye

"That really slayed me. It really did."

"You'll see. It's going to be quite a phenomenon."

"I'd just like to be the catcher in the rye."

"It really does, it kills me."

"I'm a real moron, I really am."

"That killed me. I'm telling you, that really killed me."

"I'm quite the sex maniac, in my own way."

"This is getting to be quite a drag, if you want to know the truth."

"I have a very good vocabulary."

"I'm eighteen now, for Chrissake."

"I'd rather just stay dead. But I don't know. It's hard to say."

"It's a phony world out there, believe me."

"I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it."

"I was the only one in the goddamn car."

"It kills me. It really does."

"The thing is, I don't get too sexy, though. It really doesn't interest me very much, if you want to know the truth."

"I just got more depressed."

"That really killed me. It really did."

"I'm the goddam mayor of the whole goddam world."

"She killed me. She really did."

"I used to play checkers with my brother D.B. all the time."

"I'm not sure what's wrong with me, that's the truth."

"The thing is, I'd just like to be the catcher in the rye."

"I'm a pacifist, I really am."

"It would be quite a phenomenon if I could come back to life after I was dead."

"I have terrible latent homosexual tendencies."

"It's funny. It's very funny. But when you're in it, it's not so funny."

"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'd probably do it anyway, though."

"It kills me, it really does."