The Catcher in the Rye

Keep the kids from falling off the cliff. I became a teacher after this one.

Phony is the sharpest word a sixteen-year-old ever sharpened.

He couldn't say goodbye to anything, the ducks, the museum, his brother. I stayed for the winter.

Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. Last line got me.

The red hunting hat is a whole personality. Mine is a playlist, but same coat.

Old Spencer said life is a game. Holden knew not everyone gets to play for the same team.

I'm quite illiterate but I read a lot. Same, honestly. Same.

The carousel goes around but the ring gets bigger. Growing up isn't falling. That's the relief.

He gave ten dollars to the nuns and lied about loving movies. Holden's goodness leaked everywhere.

Read it angry at fifteen, worried at thirty. Same kid, different worries.