Books Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“[On The Catcher in the Rye] “This Salinger, he’s a short story guy. And he knows how to write about kids. This book though,…

— The New York Times

'The Catcher in the Rye' was targeted by some schools as a book too risque to read and certainly not appropriate for young minds.…

— Richard Grenell

I remember reading 'Catcher in the Rye,' but I don't think I got it.

— Leon Russell

'The Catcher in the Rye.' When I was a teenager, that was my book; yes, somebody gets it, somebody gets adolescence.

— Libba Bray

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man,…

— Paul Wesley

'Catcher In The Rye' was my favorite book, honestly. I read it when I was thirteen, and the book was a bit of a…

— Alex Wolff

Very few teachers or leaders in my small Michigan community ever discussed the issue of 'The Catcher in the Rye,' and certainly no one…

— Richard Grenell

I really like The Catcher in the Rye a lot.

— Ethan Suplee

Between 1961 and 1982, 'The Catcher in the Rye' was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. But…

— Richard Grenell

“His adolescents are displaced aristocrats who have lost their kingdom and wealth, which was childhood. [On J.D. Salinger]”

— Heather O'Neill

“It is, as I say, easy enough to describe Holden's style of narration; but more difficult to explain how it holds our attention and…

— David Lodge

“The boarding school memoir or novel is an enduring literary subgenre, from 1950s classics such as The Catcher in the Rye to Curtis Sittenfeld’s…

— Jon Doust