STOP in Classic Quotes

1  The trouble with me is, I stop.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 13

2  They tell me to stop, so I stop.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 13

3  I couldn't stop thinking about those two nuns.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 16

4  I was glad I didn't try to stop him or anything.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 24

5  You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 2

6  I wished to hell he'd stop calling me "boy" all the time.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 2

7  It was a childish way to think, but I couldn't stop myself.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 20

8  I told him to stop off on the way to the can and give Mrs. Schmidt the time.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 6

9  I know I didn't stop till I was way up in the Sixties, past the zoo and all.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25

10  I said it very fast because I wanted to stop him before he started reading that out loud.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 2

11  He'd written me this note asking me to stop by and say good-by before vacation started, on account of I wasn't coming back.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 2

12  It kept getting darker and darker, and we could hardly see the ball any more, but we didn't want to stop doing what we were doing.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 1

13  The more I thought about my gloves and my yellowness, the more depressed I got, and I decided, while I was walking and all, to stop off and have a drink somewhere.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 13

14  It scared hell out of old Phoebe when I started doing it, and she came over and tried to make me stop, but once you get started, you can't just stop on a goddam dime.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 23

15  I was still sitting on the edge of the bed when I did it, and she put her old arm around my neck, and I put my arm around her, too, but I still couldn't stop for a long time.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 23

16  There was this magazine that somebody'd left on the bench next to me, so I started reading it, thinking it'd make me stop thinking about Mr. Antolini and a million other things for at least a little while.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25

17  You never know whether they really want you to stop, or whether they're just scared as hell, or whether they're just telling you to stop so that if you do go through with it, the blame'll be on you, not them.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 13