The Catcher in the Rye Appreciation

“Like hell it is.” I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. “This is a people shooting hat,” I said. “I shoot people in this hat.” - The Catcher in the Rye

“This fall I think you’re riding for - it’s a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn’t permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement’s designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives, were looking for something their own environment couldn’t supply them with. Or they thought their own environment couldn’t supply them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it up before they ever really even got started.” ~Mr. Antolini - The Catcher in the Rye

“If you had a million years to do it, you couldn’t rub off even half the “Fuck you” signs in the world. It’s impossible”. - The Catcher in the Rye