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I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn't any brains. -Holden Caulfield ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
is he crazy?" --Harcourt-Brace editor on Holden Caulfield ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Instant information is not for me. I prefer to search library stacks because when I work to learn something, I remember it. And, Oprah, can you imagine curling up in bed to read a computer? Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring you up - some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal. ~ Harper Lee
Holden Caulfield quotes by Harper Lee
In what must surely be considered one of the great lost scripts of history (or a Saturday Night Live sketch), Chase brought his usual sensibility to a trial run, having Kevin discover The Catcher in the Rye and start smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, and conversing with the shade of Holden Caulfield. ~ Brett Martin
Holden Caulfield quotes by Brett Martin
Lots of talk lately about the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL that seems to be exclusively masculine. And how many of the characters in the GENIUS BOOKS are likable? Is Holden Caulfield likable? Is Meursault in The Stranger? Is Henry Miller? Is any character in any of these system novels particularly likable? Aren't they usually loathsome but human, etc., loathsome and neurotic and obsessed? In my memory, all the characters in Jonathan Franzen are total douchebags (I know, I know, I'm not supposed to use that, feminine imagery, whatever, but it is SO satisfying to say and think). How about female characters in the genius books? Was Madame Bovary likable? Was Anna Karenina? Is Daisy Buchanan likable? Is Daisy Miller? Is it the specific way in which supposed readers HATE unlikable female characters (who are too depressed, too crazy, too vain, too self-involved, too bored, too boring), that mirrors the specific way in which people HATE unlikable girls and women for the same qualities? We do not allow, really, the notion of the antiheroine, as penned by women, because we confuse the autobiographical, and we pass judgment on the female author for her terrible self-involved and indulgent life. We do not hate Scott Fitzgerald in "The Crack-Up" or Georges Bataille in Guilty for being drunken and totally wading in their own pathos, but Jean Rhys is too much of a victim. ~ Kate Zambreno
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kate Zambreno
Money always ends up making you blue. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
It's the hipsters," David said. "It's retro. They need a place to convene and argue whether Holden Caulfield was deep or just a spoiled brat. ~ T.J. Klune
Holden Caulfield quotes by T.J. Klune
If a body catch a body coming through the rye. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
I remember realizing, when I did Little Women [1994], that that was the only time girls that age were being written about. It was always boys - from David Copperfield to Lord of the Flies to Holden Caulfield. There were never young women going through adolescence or teen years; there were only little girls. ~ Winona Ryder
Holden Caulfield quotes by Winona Ryder
What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
I'd never seen that look on another face before, had never identified it in another person. I'd only met with it in fiction. But everyone falls in love with Holden Caulfield when they're sixteen. They read Catcher in the Rye and don't feel so alone. ~ Tiffanie DeBartolo
Holden Caulfield quotes by Tiffanie DeBartolo
In Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist Holden Caulfield mentions reading books that make him wish he could be friends with the author and be able to call him on the phone and so forth. I would consider a literary work that made someone feel this way a success. Furthermore, it's the only kind of success in literature that means anything to me. ~ Thomas Ligotti
Holden Caulfield quotes by Thomas Ligotti
I hit adolescence only to discover my autobiography had already been written; plagiarized, in fact, by a man named J.D. Salinger who, in appropriating to himself my inner mass of pain and confusion, had given me the unlikely name of Holden Caulfield. ~ Stephen Metcalf
Holden Caulfield quotes by Stephen Metcalf
He knew he was sounding a little Holden Caulfield-esque calling everyone a phony, but he really did think everyone was a phony. ~ Sarah Mlynowski
Holden Caulfield quotes by Sarah Mlynowski
the sentence im reading is terrific ... ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period. ~ Josh Hutcherson
Holden Caulfield quotes by Josh Hutcherson
I want to be William Shakespeare and Galileo and Robert Frost. I want to be Sappho. I want to be Jane Austen. I want to be Holden Caulfield and Marilyn Monroe and Joan of Arc. I'm sad to think they came before me in history, they made their mark without me.
But they were there.
They happened. ~ Brenna Yovanoff
Holden Caulfield quotes by Brenna Yovanoff
Jane Gallagher had wanted to know what time it was, but for some reason Holden Caulfield hadn't wanted Stradlater to tell her. When Stradlater refused to tell Holden Caulfieldwhether or not he had told Jane Gallagher what time it was, Holden Caulfield became enraged and attacked him in a fit or horological savagery, possibly because he was mentally ill and hated anyone byt him knowing what time it was ~ Frank Portman
Holden Caulfield quotes by Frank Portman
J. D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield is a literary descendant of Huck Finn: more educated and sophisticated, the son of affluent New Yorkers, but like Huck a youthful runaway from a world of adult hypocrisy, venality and, to use one of his own favourite words, phoniness. What particularly appals Holden is the eagerness of his peers to adopt that corrupt grownup behaviour. ~ David Lodge
Holden Caulfield quotes by David Lodge
So the Trustees of Ohio State were right in 1956 when they canned the English instructor for assigning Catcher in the Rye to his freshman class. They knew there is no qualitative difference between the kid who thinks it's funny to fart in chapel, and Che Guevara. They knew then Holden Caulfield would found SDS. ~ E.L. Doctorow
Holden Caulfield quotes by E.L. Doctorow
Holden Caulfield is the embodiment of what we mean by the phrase "young adult" – too young to be a grown-up, but too wise to the world to be completely innocent. He's caught in the in-between, and that in-between is what all young adult authors write about. ~ David Levithan
Holden Caulfield quotes by David Levithan
Holden Caulfield people are the bane of my existence. ~ Autumn Doughton
Holden Caulfield quotes by Autumn Doughton
Now ... in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. ~ Harper Lee
Holden Caulfield quotes by Harper Lee
There isn't a nightclub in the world that you can sit in for a long time unless you can at least buy some liquor and get drunk. Or unless you're with some girl that really knocks you out. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
I am Holden Caulfield, only less reckless, and more attractive. ~ Ben Brooks
Holden Caulfield quotes by Ben Brooks
I don't even like old cars. I mean, they don't even interest me at all. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
What I mean is, lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most. I mean you can't help it sometimes. What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice. ~ J.D. Sallinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Sallinger
I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't you feel even worse. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
Girlchild ... unfolds a compelling, layered narrative told by a protagonist with a voice so fresh, original, and funny you'll be in awe. This novel rocks ... In Girlchild Tupelo Hassman has created a character you'll never forget. Rory Dawn Hendrix of the Calle has as precocious and endearing a voice as Holden Caulfield of Central Park. When you finish this novel, your sorrow at turning the last page will be eased by your excitement at what this sassy, talented author will do next. ~ Mameve Medwed
Holden Caulfield quotes by Mameve Medwed
And I realize I've been betrayed by the two vices that fiction promised me I'd adore. Sal Paradise held up bottles of booze like a housewife in a detergent commercial. Holden Caulfield reached for his cigarettes like an act of faith. Even Huckleberry Finn tapped on his pipe with relief and satisfaction. If sex turns out to be this bad, I'm never reading again. ~ Craig Silvey
Holden Caulfield quotes by Craig Silvey
I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
That's something that annoys the hell out of me- I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
He hated it when you called him a moron. All morons hate it when you call them a moron ~ Jerome Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by Jerome Salinger
That digression business got on my nerves. I don't now. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It's more interesting and all ... lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most ... I like it when somebody gets excited about something. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
Don't tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

- Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. - Holden Caulfield ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
We're all Holden Caulfield at fifteen, but when we grow up we want to be Atticus Finch ~ Shaun David Hutchinson
Holden Caulfield quotes by Shaun David Hutchinson
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
blooms in second chances. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
We should be increasing research and development into our fossil fuel program. ~ Tim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Tim Holden
Seamus can't be the king to my queen. Because he's a saint. And no one measures up to a saint. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
I need you to kiss me." I've never heard that voice come from between her lips - it's lust. And it makes me envy every guy whose ears it ever fell upon before mine. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
The greatest influence you can have in any situation is to be the presence of love. ~ Robert Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Robert Holden
If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
The hardest thing she ever had to do is swallow the hurt, carry the pain tucked up under her ribcage, and wait... until she birthed strength, forgiveness, and peace. ~ Alfa Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Alfa Holden
And it's not over-the-top, in-your-face likeable. It's subtle. The kind of likeable that lures you in and before you know it you've bought the ticket, boarded the bus, and are miles into the pleasant journey before you question where you're even going in the first place. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
In case you didn't know... You are her. The one he let get away. ~ Alfa Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Alfa Holden
Rumors surrounded her like a legend that's repeated in hushed whispers for generations based on hearsay and speculation. People said she was cruel, I saw strong willed. People said she was aloof, I saw independent. People said she was cunning, I saw goal-oriented. For every warning I was given, I put on rose-colored glasses and looked at her through my own warped, but discriminating, perspective. That is perhaps my biggest flaw, as well as my saving grace; I tend to only see the best in people. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
They'd made a plan, and so far everything was more or less going the way they'd hoped. The thought left Holden increasingly terrified. ~ James S.A. Corey
Holden Caulfield quotes by James S.A. Corey
With whipped cream on top. And goddamn sprinkles. I discovered I don't like sharing my pie, especially with whipped cream and sprinkles. Because once it's gone, it's gone. And then I have to bake a new pie. A new me. Sonofabitch. Nothing scares me more than change, evolution. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
Happiness does not have to be deserved, earned, worked for or paid for; it simply has to be accepted. ~ Robert Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Robert Holden
All parents want their children to be happy, but so few parents talk about it. ~ Robert Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Robert Holden
She's quite intelligent, in my stupidity. ~ J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield quotes by J.D. Salinger
No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance. ~ Robert Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Robert Holden
That said, wow. This book is just so full of nasty and kinky encounters and voyeuristic thrills that it blew me away.
Sylvia Storm E Read Erotica Reviews ~ Sasha Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Sasha Holden
Love is strange when you think about it. It comes out of nowhere. There's no logic to it. It's not methodical. It's not scientific. It's pure emotion and passion. And emotion and passion can be beautiful, because they fuel love. I'm ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
There's a right thing to do," Holden said.
"You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong. ~ James S.A. Corey
Holden Caulfield quotes by James S.A. Corey
At the heart of excessive individualism is a broken heart ~ Robert Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Robert Holden
I know he's had his problems in the past…
"He can't keep his hands off a liquor bottle at the best of times, and he still hasn't accepted the loss of his wife!"
"I sent him to a therapist over in Baltimore," she continued. "He's narrowed his habit down to a six-pack of beer on Saturdays."
"What does he get for a reward?" he asked insolently.
She sighed irritably. "Nobody suits you! You don't even like poor old lonely Senator Holden."
"Like him? Holden?" he asked, aghast. "Good God, he's the one man in Congress I'd like to burn at the stake! I'd furnish the wood and the matches!"
"You and Leta," she said, shaking her head. "Now, listen carefully. The Lakota didn't burn people at the stake," she said firmly. She went on to explain who did, and how, and why.
He searched her enthusiastic eyes. "You really do love Native American history, don't you?"
She nodded. "The way your ancestors lived for thousands of years was so logical. They honored the man in the tribe who was the poorest, because he gave away more than the others did. They shared everything. They gave gifts, even to the point of bankrupting themselves. They never hit a little child to discipline it. They accepted even the most blatant differences in people without condemning them." She glanced at Tate and found him watching her. She smiled self-consciously. "I like your way better."
"Most whites never come close to understanding us, no matter how hard they try."
"I had ~ Diana Palmer
Holden Caulfield quotes by Diana Palmer
But I love giving out compliments, not kiss-ass, brown nose, I-just-want-to-make-you-feel-good compliments, but genuine, no bullshit, I-mean-it-because-I-feel-it-in-my-heart compliments. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
I hear you knocking but I can't let you in. The last time almost killed me.
Love,
My heart ~ Alfa Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Alfa Holden
I feel like I've been asleep for years and I've only just woken up. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
Follow your dreams, because your dreams won't follow you ... ~ Amanda Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Amanda Holden
Her mind is a mess, and she has no intention of cleaning today. ~ Alfa Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Alfa Holden
I feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and kids. I feel guilty and conscience-stricken, and all of those things you think sentimental, but which my generation calls simple human decency. And I miss my home, because I'm beginning to get scared shitless, because all of a sudden it's closer to the end than the beginning, and death is suddenly a perceptible thing to me, with definable features. ~ William Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by William Holden
You only get one chance at this circus called life. Don't sit in the crowd watchin' it happen. You jump right in and be the ringleader. That's where you find your fire. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
Holden was imagining what several hundred rounds of Teflon-coated tungsten steel going five thousand meters per second would do to human bodies when Alex threw down the throttle and a roomful of elephants swan dived onto his chest. ~ James S.A. Corey
Holden Caulfield quotes by James S.A. Corey
Ula thought that unicorns might sleep in grassy glades with ferns for covering. In summer they might lie on a lawn. We walked round quietly on hands and feet, shaking imaginary horns. Ula pawed the air looking solemn; she made little humming sounds. Being fond of moonlight it was probable that they sang at night. They would eat rose petals with jam, and a little fruit in the summer months. ~ Ursula Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Ursula Holden
Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons. ~ Anthony Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Anthony Holden
Some people wear their scars on the outside. Others wear them on the inside. Same difference. Your character, your heart, your essence, that's what's important, because that's the real you. All the rest, our looks, the material stuff? It's just meaningless bullshit. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
I want to be buried with a mobile phone, just in case I'm not dead. ~ Amanda Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Amanda Holden
I need to know why I'm supposed to go through the rest of my life without being able to talk to her. Hug her. Hear her laugh. Watch the sunset with her. Watch her play her violin. Kiss her forehead. Tell her I love her. Hear her say it back. Why? Why?! ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
And as I sit and reflect, I m left with one question - What's next for me? What challenges does life pose for me tomorrow ? How long will I continue to bounce this ball ? And when this ball stops , where will I find myself? Will I be simply remembered as some guy who had success overseas?Will i rely solely on my past and be one who just talks about my glory days as professional basketball player? NOT LIKELY!!J.R.HOLDEN REPRESENTS SO MUCH MORE THAN AN ATHLETE . ~ Jon-Robert Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Jon-Robert Holden
Nina's eyes narrowed. "I'll remind you, Holden Maxwell, father of my children, love of my life, that we just met Reece and perhaps he doesn't wish to listen to us squabbling."
Max looked at Ham. "Kiss that good-bye. We'll be fightin' on and off through dinner. Prepare. She gets riled, we're all fucked. ~ Kristen Ashley
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kristen Ashley
And for the first time, Gus's tattoo makes sense. Because this ... everything I see ... everything I hear ... everything I feel ... it's epic. Gus. Rook. They do epic. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
Reading is an escape from the outside world. Everyone needs a little of that to keep their sanity. ~ Kim Holden
Holden Caulfield quotes by Kim Holden
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