--- title: "14 Holden caulfield Quotes By J.D. Salinger" description: "14 Holden caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger. Plus more from J.D. Salinger and more Holden caulfield sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/j-d-salinger-560_catholic_catholics-are-always-trying-to-find-out_3236028.png" --- > [“Catholics are always trying to find out if you’re Catholic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/catholics-are-always-trying-to-find-out-if-you-re-catholic/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/j-d-salinger-560_catholic_catholics-are-always-trying-to-find-out_3236028.png) > [“When I really worry about something, I don´t just fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/when-i-really-worry-about-something-i-don-t-just-fool-around-i-even/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/j-d-salinger-560_fear_when-i-really-worry-about-something-i-do_1364247.png) > [“Last year I made a rule that I was going to quit horsing around with girls that, deep down, gave me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/last-year-i-made-a-rule-that-i-was-going-to-quit-horsing-around-with/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/j-d-salinger-560_catcher-in-the-rye_last-year-i-made-a-rule-that-i-was-going_854126.png) > [“I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-don-t-give-a-damn-except-that-i-get-bored-sometimes-when-people/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/j-d-salinger-560_catcher-in-the-rye_i-don-t-give-a-damn-except-that-i-get-bo_2639785.jpg) > [“Besides, I'm not going to tell you my whole autobiography or anything. I'll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/besides-i-m-not-going-to-tell-you-my-whole-autobiography-or-anything/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/j-d-salinger-560_autobiography_besides-i-m-not-going-to-tell-you-my-who_1919786.png) > [“I don’t even like old cars. I mean, they don’t even interest me at all. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-don-t-even-like-old-cars-i-mean-they-don-t-even-interest-me-at-all/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/j-d-salinger-560_holden-caulfield_i-don-t-even-like-old-cars-i-mean-they-d_398402.png) > [“I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-m-standing-on-the-edge-of-some-crazy-cliff-what-i-have-to-do-i-have/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/j-d-salinger-560_catcher_i-m-standing-on-the-edge-of-some-crazy-c_732363.jpg) > [“That digression business got on my nerves. I don't now. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/that-digression-business-got-on-my-nerves-i-don-t-now-the-trouble/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/j-d-salinger-560_business_that-digression-business-got-on-my-nerve_1569159.jpg) > [“The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs--if yours are really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-thing-is-it-s-really-hard-to-be-roommates-with-people-if-your/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/j-d-salinger-560_holden-caulfield_the-thing-is-it-s-really-hard-to-be-room_1645842.jpg) > [“D.B. asked me what I thought about all this stuff I just finished telling you about. I didn't know what the hell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/d-b-asked-me-what-i-thought-about-all-this-stuff-i-just-finished/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/j-d-salinger-560_catcher-in-the-rye_d-b-asked-me-what-i-thought-about-all-th_580947.jpg) > [ “\[Ackley\] took another look at my hat . . . “Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/ackley-took-another-look-at-my-hat-up-home-we-wear-a-hat-like-that-to/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/j-d-salinger-560_holden-caulfield_ackley-took-another-look-at-my-hat-up-ho_406316.png) > [“It's 'If a body meet a body coming through the rye'!" old Phoebe said. "It's a poem. By Robert Burns." "I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/it-s-if-a-body-meet-a-body-coming-through-the-rye-old-phoebe-said-it/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/j-d-salinger-560_catcher-in-the-rye_it-s-if-a-body-meet-a-body-coming-throug_2781929.jpg) > [“Lawyers are alright, I guess — but it doesn't appeal to me", I said. "I mean they're alright if they go around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/lawyers-are-alright-i-guess-but-it-doesn-t-appeal-to-me-i-said-i-mean/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/j-d-salinger-560_altruism_lawyers-are-alright-i-guess-but-it-doesn_2696972.png) > [“Girls with their legs crossed, girls with their legs not crossed, girls with terrific legs, girls with lousy legs, girls that looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/girls-with-their-legs-crossed-girls-with-their-legs-not-crossed-girls/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/j-d-salinger-560_girls_girls-with-their-legs-crossed-girls-with_222360.jpg) ## Other authors on Holden caulfield ## More by J.D. Salinger > [“I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all… I'm standing on the edge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-keep-picturing-all-these-little-kids-playing-some-game-in-this-big/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-felt-like-praying-or-something-when-i-was-in-bed-but-i-couldn-t-do/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“If you're a poet, you do something beautiful. I mean you're supposed to leave something beautiful after you get off the page and everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/if-you-re-a-poet-you-do-something-beautiful-i-mean-you-re-supposed-to/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was… The only thing that would be different would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-best-thing-though-in-that-museum-was-that-everything-always/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“And you make people nervous, young man," she said - most equably, for her. "You either take to somebody or you don't. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/and-you-make-people-nervous-young-man-she-said-most-equably-for-her/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“I still think that, in a way, I can't get past half my childhood dogmas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-still-think-that-in-a-way-i-can-t-get-past-half-my-childhood-dogmas/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“He stuck around till around dinnertime, talking about all the guys at Pencey that he hated their guts, and squeezing this big pimple on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/he-stuck-around-till-around-dinnertime-talking-about-all-the-guys-at/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“For example, when Seymour told one of the twins or Zooey or Franny or even Mme. Boo Boo (who was only two years younger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/for-example-when-seymour-told-one-of-the-twins-or-zooey-or-franny-or/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“One thing? One thing I like? Okay.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/one-thing-one-thing-i-like-okay/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“The cigars are ballast, sweetheart. Sheer ballast. If he didn’t have a cigar to hold on to, his feet would leave the ground. We’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-cigars-are-ballast-sweetheart-sheer-ballast-if-he-didn-t-have-a/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/they-re-just-people-that-write-poems-that-get-published-and/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“In certain Zen monasteries, it's a cardinal rule, if not the only serious enforced discipline, that when one monk calls out 'Hi!' to another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/in-certain-zen-monasteries-it-s-a-cardinal-rule-if-not-the-only/) [j.d. salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“And I hate to tell you... but I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/and-i-hate-to-tell-you-but-i-think-that-once-you-have-a-fair-idea/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [“Hi,' he said. He always said it like he was terrifically bored or terrifically tired. He didn't want you to think he was visiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/hi-he-said-he-always-said-it-like-he-was-terrifically-bored-or/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [ “\[Y\]ou’re someone who took up birds in the first place because they fired your imagination; they fascinated you because ‘they seemed of all created… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/y-ou-re-someone-who-took-up-birds-in-the-first-place-because-they/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holden-caulfield/j-d-salinger/#itemlist", "name": "14 Holden caulfield Quotes By J.D. Salinger", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Catholics are always trying to find out if you’re Catholic.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. 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