Holden Quotes

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.

I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy.

Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period.

I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.

If a body catch a body coming through the rye.

It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.

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.