The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
by Parker · 21 things on Twos
- The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has
- Life is a game that one plays according to the rules
- People always think somethings all true
- People never notice anything
- You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it
- People never believe you
- It’s not too bad when the suns out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out
- People never give your message to anyone
- All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to
- People never think anything is anything really
- If someone at least listens it’s not too bad
- The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one
- 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
- You’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior
- Many many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are now
- Someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you
- Educated and scholarly men, if they’re brilliant and creative to begin with tend to leave infinitely more valuable records behind them than men do who are merely brilliant and creative. They tend to express themselves more clearly, and they usually have a passion for following their thoughts through to the end. And they usually have more humility than the unscholarly thinker
- Academic education will give you an idea of what size mind you have. What it’ll fit and what it won’t. It may save you an extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that don’t suit you. You’ll begin to know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly
- The thing with kids is if they want to grab for the gold ring you have to let them do it and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall of, but it’s bad if you say anything to them
- How do you know what you’re going to do till you do it?
- Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody