The Catcher in the Rye

Book · 4 characters · 422 quotes · 1945

Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye

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"It's really quite a funny thing to think about."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"I don't know. It kills me, it really does."
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"I'm a coward about most things."
Holden Caulfield Courage
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"I get feeling like I'm about to do something terrible."
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"I'm sick of the whole thing."
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"That kills me. It really does."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"You don't have to be mad or anything. I just wanted to ask you something."
Holden Caulfield Kindness
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"I like it when somebody gets excited about something."
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"I really shouldn't have done that."
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"I may be the only person who ever got anything out of that school."
Holden Caulfield Education
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"Pencey Prep really is a phony place."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"I don't know what I was thinking about."
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"That sort of thing kills me."
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"It would kill me if somebody got a hold of those pictures."
Holden Caulfield Fear
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"I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
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"I really do have a lousy personality."
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"Death is something that happens to everybody eventually."
Holden Caulfield Death
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"It's a phony world out there, I'm not kidding."
Holden Caulfield Truth
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"I'm a goddam sexual maniac."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"Sometimes you worry a lot about something that isn't even going to happen."
Holden Caulfield Wisdom
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"I have to have a little fun sometimes just to keep myself from going stark raving mad."
Holden Caulfield Humor
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"It really was a masterpiece, I'm not kidding."
Holden Caulfield Art
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"I think that's the whole trouble with me."
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"I'm quite a pacifist, I really am."
Holden Caulfield Peace
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"It would be nice to hold hands with somebody."
Holden Caulfield Relationships
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"I wish you could've met my brother Allie."
Holden Caulfield Family
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"It's terrible. It is."
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"I'll just stay in New York and just die."
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"I could see how it was nice for them and all, but it killed me."
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"This is a people shooting hat."
Holden Caulfield Humor