The Catcher in the Rye

Book · 4 characters · 422 quotes · 1945

Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye

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"That's the way people are."
Holden Caulfield Wisdom
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"It's a phony world."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"I really did."
Holden Caulfield Life
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"That's the thing about girls."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"It really is. But I don't mind."
Holden Caulfield
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"I'm always saying things I don't mean."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"It's a secret I've kept all my life."
Holden Caulfield Solitude
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"One thing I like about it, it's very phony."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"I have no wind. I don't smoke."
Holden Caulfield Life
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"That killed me."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"It really does."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot."
Holden Caulfield Education
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"I'm quite the sex maniac, in my own way."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I wouldn't want to be a phony."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"That depressed me as hell."
Holden Caulfield Life
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"I really am quite a good dancer."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I don't even know why I'm telling you all this stuff."
Holden Caulfield Solitude
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"It really killed me."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I was feeling sort of blue."
Holden Caulfield
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"She really did drive me crazy sometimes."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"I swear to God I am."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"I was in a very bad mood. I really was."
Holden Caulfield Life
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"That really killed me. It really did."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I don't know. I really don't."
Holden Caulfield Wisdom
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"I like to watch the games very much."
Holden Caulfield Adventure
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"What I really meant was I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"It depresses me. It really does."
Holden Caulfield Life
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"I'm not too sure about that anymore."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"You can't stop a teacher when they want to talk about their dead husband."
Holden Caulfield Education
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"I really do love Phoebe. I really do."
Holden Caulfield Family