Internet Archive: “Catcher in the Rye” 1951 , J.D. Salinger
Selected quotes:
“I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.”
“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.”
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.”
“If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.”
Related:
“For Esme, with Love and Squalor” 1950, J.D. Salinger
