More quotes by J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"I think that one of these days,"he said, "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 more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding."
"who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody."
"The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs--if yours are really good ones and theirs aren't. You think if they're intelligent and all, the other person, and have a good sense of humor, that they don't give a damn whose suitcases are better, but they do. They really do."
"I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice."