Quotes of the Week - June 17, 2008:
"I think that, in retrospect, I could have used a different rhetoric.
Phrases such as 'bring them on' or 'dead of alive' indicated to people
that I was, you know, not a man of peace." -- US President George
W Bush regrets being so hawkish over Iraq.
"The nation will live to regret what the court has done today."
-- US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after the court rules foreign
terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay can challenge their detention in US
courts.
"He didn't like the nose" -- Courtroom sketch artist Janet
Hamlin on the response of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed
mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, after he saw a sketch of himself.
Authors:
The Catcher in the Rye Quotes, Famous Catcher in the Rye Quotes
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
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