J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salingerwas an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 January 1919
CountryUnited States of America
crazy holden catching
I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy.
hands worried holden
You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
nice excited holden-caulfield
I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.
hate holden catchers
All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
running holden felt
I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
want literature holden-caulfield
It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
window phony holden-caulfield
I was surrounded by phonies...They were coming in the goddam window.
body holden catching
If a body catch a body coming through the rye.
thinking people holden
It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.
fed lousy mean scared unless
Did you ever get fed up? I said. “I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?
Yes. That's it. That's the document. Where did you get it?
hell instead saying
Why the hell don'tcha, instead of keep saying it?
funny memorable missing
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
mean scared feds
Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?