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Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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1 I could puke every time I hear it.
2 You could also hear old Ackley snoring.
3 You couldn't even hear any cars any more.
4 She didn't hear me ask her how Mr. Spencer was.
5 Old Spencer asked me something then, but I didn't hear him.
6 Right through the goddam shower curtains you could hear him.
7 But you could hear the band playing in the Lavender Room, and so I went in there.
8 You take somebody's mother, all they want to hear about is what a hot-shot their son is.
9 He could hear me all right through the shower curtains, but he didn't answer me right away.
10 You could hear him putting away his crumby toilet articles and all, and opening the window.
11 "Hey, Ackley," I said, in sort of a whisper, so Stradlater couldn't hear me through the shower curtain.
12 Anyway, the corridor was all linoleum and all, and you could hear his goddam footsteps coming right towards the room.
13 After I shut the door and started back to the living room, he yelled something at me, but I couldn't exactly hear him.
14 It wasn't snowing out any more, but every once in a while you could hear a car somewhere not being able to get started.
15 Hardly anybody laughed out loud, and old Ossenburger made out like he didn't even hear it, but old Thurmer, the headmaster, was sitting right next to him on the rostrum and all, and you could tell he heard it.
16 You couldn't see the grandstand too hot, but you could hear them all yelling, deep and terrific on the Pencey side, because practically the whole school except me was there, and scrawny and faggy on the Saxon Hall side, because the visiting team hardly ever brought many people with them.
17 IF YOU REALLY want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
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