He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

Some of my best friedns are children. In fact, all of my best friends are children.

Keep me up till five because all your stars are out, and for no other reason…Oh dare to do it Buddy! Trust your heart. You’re a deserving craftsman. It would never betray you. Good night. I’m feeling very much over-excited now, and a little dramatic, but I think I’d give almost anything on earth to see you writing a something, an anything, a poem, a tree, that was really and truly after your own heart.

The catcher in the rye... that's all I really want to be.

For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.