--- title: "13 Holden Quotes By J.D. Salinger" description: "13 Holden quotes by J.D. Salinger. Plus more from J.D. Salinger and more Holden sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/j-d-salinger-560_holden_the-navy-guy-and-i-told-each-other-we-we_3163816.jpg" --- > [“The Navy guy and I told each other we were glad to've met each other. Which always kils me. I'm always saing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-navy-guy-and-i-told-each-other-we-were-glad-to-ve-met-each-other/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/j-d-salinger-560_holden_the-navy-guy-and-i-told-each-other-we-we_3163816.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/just-because-somebody-s-dead-you-don-t-just-stop-liking-them/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/j-d-salinger-560_holden_just-because-somebody-s-dead-you-don-t-j_1829742.png) > [“If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/if-you-had-a-million-years-to-do-it-in-you-couldn-t-rub-out-even-half/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/j-d-salinger-560_fuck-you_if-you-had-a-million-years-to-do-it-in-y_611724.png) > [“The trouble with girls is, if they like a boy, no matter how big a bastard he is, they'll say he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-trouble-with-girls-is-if-they-like-a-boy-no-matter-how-big-a/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/j-d-salinger-560_conceited_the-trouble-with-girls-is-if-they-like-a_751865.jpg) > [“But while I was sitting down, I saw something that drove me crazy. Somebody'd written 'fuck you' on the wall. It drove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/but-while-i-was-sitting-down-i-saw-something-that-drove-me-crazy/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/j-d-salinger-560_fuck_but-while-i-was-sitting-down-i-saw-somet_2594471.jpg) > [“That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/that-s-the-thing-about-girls-every-time-they-do-something-pretty-even/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/j-d-salinger-560_fall-in-love_that-s-the-thing-about-girls-every-time_2904057.png) > [“That’s what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere swanky for lunch. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/that-s-what-i-liked-about-those-nuns-you-could-tell-for-one-thing/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/j-d-salinger-560_catcher-in-the-rye_that-s-what-i-liked-about-those-nuns-you_2604446.jpg) > [“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-2/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/j-d-salinger-560_holden_girls-with-their-legs-crossed-girls-with_1106421.jpg) > [“When I was all set to go, when I had my bags and all, I stood for a while next to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/when-i-was-all-set-to-go-when-i-had-my-bags-and-all-i-stood-for-a/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/j-d-salinger-560_goodbye_when-i-was-all-set-to-go-when-i-had-my-b_3177419.png) > [“When the weather's nice, my parents go out quite frequently and stick a bunch of flowers on old Allie's grave. I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/when-the-weather-s-nice-my-parents-go-out-quite-frequently-and-stick/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/j-d-salinger-560_death_when-the-weather-s-nice-my-parents-go-ou_2215744.jpg) > [“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/the-best-thing-though-in-that-museum-was-that-everything-always-2/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/j-d-salinger-560_holden_the-best-thing-though-in-that-museum-was_2061727.png) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/this-sentence-i-m-reading-is-terrific-i-can-be-quite-sarcastic-when-i/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/j-d-salinger-560_books_this-sentence-i-m-reading-is-terrific-i_201821.png) > [“Where I lived at Pencey, I lived in the Ossenburger Memorial Wing of the new dorms. It was only for juniors and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/where-i-lived-at-pencey-i-lived-in-the-ossenburger-memorial-wing-of/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/j-d-salinger-560_ball-game_where-i-lived-at-pencey-i-lived-in-the-o_2790853.jpg) ## Other authors on Holden ## 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/j-d-salinger/#itemlist", "name": "13 Holden Quotes By J.D. 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I know it's only his body and all that's in the cemetery, and his soul's in Heaven and all that crap, but I couldn't stand it anyway. I just wished he wasn't there.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. Salinger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/when-the-weather-s-nice-my-parents-go-out-quite-frequently-and-stick/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/j-d-salinger-560_death_when-the-weather-s-nice-my-parents-go-ou_2215744.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/j-d-salinger-560_death_when-the-weather-s-nice-my-parents-go-ou_2215744.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/j-d-salinger-560_death_when-the-weather-s-nice-my-parents-go-ou_2215744.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the weather's nice, my parents go out quite frequently and stick a bunch of flowers on old Allie's…” — J.D. 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Or you'd have a substitute taking the class, instead of Miss Aigletinger. Or you'd heard your mother and father having a terrific fight in the bathroom. Or you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I mean you'd be different in some way—I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. 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He didn't get it, though. He started walking around the room again, picking up all my personal stuff, and Stradlater's. Finally, I put my book down on the floor. you couldn't read anything with a guy like Ackley around. It was impossible. I slid way the hell down in my chair and watched old Ackley making himself at home. I was feeling sort of tired from the trip to New York and all, and I started yawning. then horsing around a little bit. Sometimes I horse around quite a lot, just to keep from getting bored. what i did was, I pulled the old peak of my hunting hat around to the front, then pulled it way down over my eyes. that way i couldn't see a goddam thing.\"I think I'm going blind,\"I said in this very hoarse voice.\"Mother darling, everything's getting do dark in here.\" \"You're nuts. I swear to God,\"Ackley said. \"Mother darling, give me your hand, Why won't you give me your hand?\" \"For Chrissake, grow up.\" I started groping around in front of me, like a blind guy, but without getting up or anything. I kept saying,\"mother darling, why wont you give me you're hand ?\" I was only horsing around, naturally.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. 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It was only for juniors and seniors. I was a junior. My roommate was a senior. It was named after this guy Ossenburger that went to Pencey. He made a pot of dough in the undertaking business after he got out of Pencey. What he did, he started these undertaking parlors all over the country that you could get members of your family buried for about five bucks apiece. You should see old Ossenburger. He probably just shoves them in a sack and dumps them in the river. Anyway, he gave Pencey a pile of dough, and they named our wing alter him. The first football game of the year, he came up to school in this big goddam Cadillac, and we all had to stand up in the grandstand and give him a locomotive—that's a cheer. Then, the next morning, in chapel, he made a speech that lasted about ten hours. He started off with about fifty corny jokes, just to show us what a regular guy he was. Very big deal. Then he started telling us how he was never ashamed, when he was in some kind of trouble or something, to get right down his knees and pray to God. He told us we should always pray to God—talk to Him and all—wherever we were. He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me. I can just see the big phony bastard shifting into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs. The only good part of his speech was right in the middle of it. He was telling us all about what a swell guy he was, what a hotshot and all, then all of a sudden this guy sitting in the row in front of me, Edgar Marsalla, laid this terrific fart. It was a very crude thing to do, in chapel and all, but it was also quite amusing. Old Marsalla. He damn near blew the roof off. Hardly anybody laughed out loud, and old Ossenburger made out like he didn't even hear it, but old Thurmer, the headmaster, was sitting right next to him on the rostrum and all, and you could tell he heard it. Boy, was he sore. He didn't say anything then, but the next night he made us have compulsory study hall in the academic building and he came up and made a speech. He said that the boy that had created the disturbance in chapel wasn't fit to go to Pencey. We tried to get old Marsalla to rip off another one, right while old Thurmer was making his speech, but be wasn't in the right mood.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. 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