One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all. They were coming in the goddam window.

One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That’s all. They were coming in the goddam window.

– J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye. Chapter 2. To Holden a phony is a person who always puts on an act and has become so good at it that he doesn’t even realize he is doing it.

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