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Quotes of the Week - January 17, 2012:
"Our campaign is about more than replacing a President. It is about
saving the soul of America." -- Republican Mitt Romney, US presidential
hopeful, after winning New Hampshire primary.
"Remember to look up at the stars and not down to your feet. Try
to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe
exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always
something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just
give up." -- Professor Stephen Hawking on his 70th birthday.
"American children had never seen a moving bosom before."
-- Actress Celia Imrie on the alarm caused by her low-cut dress in Nanny
McPhee.
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The Catcher in the Rye Quotes, Famous Catcher in the Rye Quotes |
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If
you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably
want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood
was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they
had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't
feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1, opening words
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Old
Selma Thurmer - she was the headmaster's daughter - showed up
at the games quite often, but she wasn't exactly the type that
drove you mad with desire. She was a pretty nice girl, though.
I sat next to her once in the bus from Agerstown and we sort
of struck up a conversation. I liked her. She had a big nose
and her nails were all bitten down and bleedy-looking and she
had on those damn falsies that point all over the place, but
you felt sort of sorry for her. What I liked about her, she
didn't give you a lot of horse manure about what a great guy
her father was. She probably knew what a phony slob he was.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1 |
What
I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind
of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even
know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a
sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like
to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1 |
Pencey
was full of crooks. Quite a few guys came from these wealthy
families, but it was full of crooks anyway. The more expensive
a school is, the more crooks it has - I'm not kidding.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1 |
It
was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no
sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing
every time you crossed a road.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1 |
People
always think something's all true.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 2 |
People
never notice anything.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 2 |
Life
is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the
rules.
The Catcher in the Rye
Mr. Spencer in Chapter 2 |
I
live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central
Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would
be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the
ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon
got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in
a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they
just flew away.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1 |
I'm
the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful.
If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody
asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the
opera. It's terrible.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 3 |
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D. Salinger: American writer of novel The Catcher in the Rye, a classic
story of adolescent rebellion. Born 1919. |
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