1. “It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
2. “All morons hate it when you call them a moron.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
3. “People are always ruining things for you.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
4. “Don’t tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
5. “It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
6. “It’s partly true, too, but it isn’t all true. People always think something’s all true.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
7. “You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
8. “Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rule.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
9. “I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
10. “…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
11. “I think if you don’t really like a girl, you shouldn’t horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you’re supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
12. “I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am—I really do—but people never notice it.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
13. “Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
14. “I think that one of these days… you’re going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you’ve got to start going there. But immediately. You can’t afford to lose a minute. Not you.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
15. “If you weren’t around, I’d probably be someplace way the hell off. In the woods or some goddamn place. You’re the only reason I’m around, practically.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
16. “If you do something too good, then after a while, if you don’t watch it, you start showing off. And then you’re not as good any more.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
17. “Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
18. “All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
19. “If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
20. “Almost every time someone gives me a present, it ends up making me sad.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
21. “I am always saying ‘Glad to’ve met you’ to somebody I’m not all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
22. “I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
23. “Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
24. “Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round…” – The Catcher in the Rye
25. “People never notice anything.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
26. “I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
27. “It’s really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
28. “Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
29. “People always clap for the wrong reasons.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
30. “Every time you mention some guy that’s strictly a bastard—very mean, or very conceited and all—and when you mention it to the girl, she’ll tell you he has an inferiority complex. Maybe he has, but that still doesn’t keep him from being a bastard, in my opinion.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
31. “That’s the whole trouble. When you’re feeling very depressed, you can’t even think.” ― The Catcher in the Rye
