Important+Quotes

"About life being a game and all. and how you should play it according to the rules...life is a game, boy. life is a game that one plays according to the rules". Mr. Spencer to Holden. Baisically spencer is telling holden that he needs to play life by the rules. This quote tells us a lot about Holdens character. His dislike for adults and how alone he feels, and how he separates himself from the world.

"Holden... one short, faintly stuffy, pedagogical question. Dont you think theres a time and place for everything? Dont you think if someone starts out about his fathers farm, he should stick to his guns, then get around to telling you about his uncle brace? Or, if his uncles brace is such a provocative subject, shouldnt he have selected it in the first place as his subject--not the farm? Mr. Antonlini to Holden. He is baiscailly saying that he needs to get his point across to holden before talking about something else.

"The mark of an 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" Mr Antolini to Holden. He is telling holden that holden needs to live his life instead of just being miserable and dying miserable.

"You dont like anything thats happening.. You dont like any school. You dont like a million things." Phoebe to Holden. She is telling holden that he doesnt like anything. She wants him to be happy and not be depressed cause he is growing up.

"Yes sure, i said. i did, too. But you're wrong about that hating business. i mean about hating football playesr and all. You really are. I dont hate too many guys. What i may do, i may hate them for a little while, like this guy Stradlater i knew at pencey and this other boy Robert Ackley. I hated them once in a while-i admit it- but it doesnt last too long, is what i mean. After a while, if i didnt see them, if they didnt come in the room, or if i didnt see them in the dining room for a couple of meals, i sort of missed them. I mean i sort of missed them" Holden to Mr. Antolini. Holden is admitting that he does miss people and it is hard from him to be isolated from everyone even though he tries his hardest to be.