“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
― The Catcher in the Rye
“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
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Mothers are all slightly insane.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.”
― Survivor
― Survivor
“If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late?”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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