What is your favorite quote from a book?

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago | pl

    "Pretty much all of Catcher in the Rye. The whole thing."

    You know that book is total shit don't you?

    It's not deep or clever, it's just an asshole whining about how much of an asshole he is. Everyone gets older, it's not clever. Everyone who takes meaning from that book is either pretentious or stupid, but considering the content of your huge comment above i'm guessing the former with a touch of pseudo intellectualism for appearances.

    "Holden Caulfield was down in the reeds when along came Hairy Maclary...and bustled him up into a drum full of weeds!"

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    • dappled
      11 years ago | pl

      I'm not saying it's a philosophical masterpiece or anything, but Holden makes me laugh. He moans in a very funny way. Like dragging those women around the dancefloor like they were the goddamn statue of liberty.

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago | pl

        Oh i get that i guess. I just hate hearing people rave about it's meaning and thinking it's so deep, i mean it's content is all just common sense.

        Hairy Maclary on the other hand is a masterpiece, i mean a dog that gets chased by a cat with a scar on it's face, oh what a world!

        Hey what time is it where you are?

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        • dappled
          11 years ago | pl

          Middle of the afternoon, just turned 3pm. And yeah, I don't think there's any deep meaning. It's just Holden going on an epic whine (it's how I imagine Salinger probably was). It appealed to me when I was 16 because I was whiney and I liked that someone could publish that in a book.

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          • [Old Memory]
            11 years ago | pl

            Actually that's a good point. I only read it as an adult so i probably just looked down on it abit much.

            Haha yeah just wondering, it's just past midnight here in Aus.

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