It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“He was more important than my arms or legs; he was the blood that used to flow through my veins, the air… — Liz Schulte Copy Share Image
I'm sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of… — Mark David Chapman Copy Share Image
It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still. — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing to give away. I get so exhausted being what people want me to be that when I’m on my own,… — Andrea Speed Copy Share Image
“The trouble with girls is, if they like a boy, no matter how big a bastard he is, they'll say he has… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“ 'Oh, gods,' said Holden, halfway into his tunic. 'I can't believe it's taken me five years to realize your one tragic… — Maculategiraffe Copy Share Image
“Detective Castilla, your Secret is safe with me." She blinked with surprise, and I groaned. "God, Holden. How long have you been… — Sierra Dean Copy Share Image
Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Holden Caulfield is the embodiment of what we mean by the phrase “young adult” – too young to be a grown-up, but… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“The Navy guy and I told each other we were glad to've met each other. Which always kils me. I'm always saing… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I had a rope around my waist, and the rope was attached into the helicopter in case I fell off. And the… — Haskell Wexler Copy Share Image
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For hevene myghte nat holden it, so was it hevy of hymself,Til it hadde of the erthe eten his fille.And whan it… — William Langland Copy Share Image
And yes, Holden would keep those kids from falling off the cliff, but WHO WOULDN'T? Does she think I would just fold… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But while I was sitting down, I saw something that drove me crazy. Somebody'd written 'fuck you' on the wall. It drove… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“At the root of the tree at the heart of the world, With a chain round his neck, the Wolf lies curled.… — Maculategiraffe Copy Share Image
“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Girls with their legs crossed, girls with their legs not crossed, girls with terrific legs, girls with lousy legs, girls that looked… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“When the weather's nice, my parents go out quite frequently and stick a bunch of flowers on old Allie's grave. I went… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“this sentence I'm reading is terrific" i can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood. He didn't get it, though. He… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Where I lived at Pencey, I lived in the Ossenburger Memorial Wing of the new dorms. It was only for juniors and… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I kept picturing all these little kids in this big field of rye... If they're running and they don't look where they're… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Just because somebody's dead, you don't just stop liking them-especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than the people you… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Holden's point of view: 'I didn't say anything for the rest of the trip to Barker's house. Quintus kept talking until I… — Liz Schulte Copy Share Image
“That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ '...he said you were way too damn obnoxious to be merely human, so you had to be some kind of divine… — Maculategiraffe Copy Share Image
