Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could p... - J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
"Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it."
"Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it."
"Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."
"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."
"If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you"signs in the world. It's impossible."
"when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you"right under your nose."
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though."