The Catcher in the Rye

Book · 4 characters · 422 quotes · 1945

Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye

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"I'm a very moody guy."
Holden Caulfield
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"I'm going to go this whole route to the Museum of Natural History."
Holden Caulfield Adventure
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"I really do think I'm quite talented in some ways."
Holden Caulfield Creativity
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"Her English was terrible, but she always had that pleased expression on her face."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"I hate it when you can see a guy's behind his back."
Holden Caulfield
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"I'm sort of incognito."
Holden Caulfield
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"I don't feel much like going to bed."
Holden Caulfield Solitude
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"That's what really got me."
Holden Caulfield
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"It depressed me as hell."
Holden Caulfield
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"I'm in terrible shape. I really am."
Holden Caulfield Health
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"This is a people shooting hat."
Holden Caulfield Imagination
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"That's the thing I hate about going to school."
Holden Caulfield Education
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"I'm very much the sex maniac, in my own special way."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"I can't help it. That's the way I am."
Holden Caulfield
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"It really does. It kills me."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I swear to God I am."
Holden Caulfield Wisdom
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"I really am. I'm a secret pervert."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"That killed me. It really did."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I'm quite the sex maniac, in my own way."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"If you want to know the truth, I don't know what I want to do."
Holden Caulfield Wisdom
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"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"It kills me. It really does."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I really do. That's the thing about me. I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot."
Holden Caulfield Literature
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"I really am a madman."
Holden Caulfield
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"I don't like any old school."
Holden Caulfield Education
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"Girls are funny creatures, really."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"I have to have a certain kind of girl to go out with."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"I hate theater anyway. I really do."
Holden Caulfield Art
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"That's the thing I like about you. You're very sensible, in some ways."
Sally Hayes Relationships
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"I really don't think I could take it if he came back and found me gone."
Holden Caulfield Family