ERNIE in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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1 Ernie's a big fat colored guy that plays the piano.
2 Even though it was so late, old Ernie's was jam-packed.
3 It was pretty quiet, though, because Ernie was playing the piano.
4 Well, a bunch of us wanted old Ernie to be president of the class.
5 I'd only had three drinks at Ernie's, and I didn't even finish the last one.
6 I couldn't even stick around to hear old Ernie play something halfway decent.
7 They acted a little bit the way old Ernie, down in the Village, plays the piano.
8 Then she invited me to visit Ernie during the summer, at Gloucester, Massachusetts.
9 When I got out in front of Ernie's and paid the fare, old Horwitz brought up the fish again.
10 What I did do, though, I told the waiter to ask old Ernie if he'd care to join me for a drink.
11 I went down in the elevator again and got a cab and told the driver to take me down to Ernie's.
12 Then I tested to see if my breath stank from so many cigarettes and the Scotch and sodas I drank at Ernie's.
13 And the reason he was elected, the simple and obvious reason, was because Ernie wouldn't let us nominate him.
14 If you were only around six years old, you could get liquor at Ernie's, the place was so dark and all, and besides, nobody cared how old you were.
15 Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow.
16 About three couples, besides me, were waiting for tables, and they were all shoving and standing on tiptoes to get a look at old Ernie while he played.