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Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.
The Catcher in the Rye
Mr. Antolini in Chapter 24

If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the 'Fuck you' signs in the world. It's impossible.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 25

I was the only one left in the tomb then. I sort of liked it, in a way. It was so nice and peaceful.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 25

That's the nice thing about carrousels, they always play the same songs.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 25

All the kids kept trying to grab for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she'd fall off the goddam horse, but I didn't say anything or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to them.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 25

I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around . . . It was just that she looked so damn nice, the way she kept going around and around, in her blue coat and all.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 25

Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 26, closing words of book

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J. D. Salinger: American writer of novel The Catcher in the Rye, a classic story of adolescent rebellion. Born 1919.