TALK in Classic Quotes

Simple words can express big ideas - learn how great writers to make beautiful sentences with common words.
Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Search Panel
Word:
You may input your word or phrase.
Author:
Book:
 
Stems:
If search object is a contraction or phrase, it'll be ignored.
Sort by:
Each search starts from the first page. Its result is limited to the first 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.
Common Search Words
Buy the book from Amazon
 Current Search - talk in The Catcher in the Rye
1  We didn't talk too much after that.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 8
2  They sound so phony when they talk.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 14
3  Listen, if you're gonna talk, do it.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 13
4  Sometimes I talk a little loud when I get excited.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 19
5  I couldn't think of anything to talk about, though.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 13
6  You don't have to think too hard when you talk to a teacher.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 2
7  He'd simply talk to you, and you'd talk to him, for God's sake.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 19
8  I don't see why the hell they can't talk in their natural voice.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 14
9  I don't even like to talk about it, if you want to know the truth.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 11
10  Guys that always talk about how many miles they get to a gallon in their goddam cars.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 17
11  He didn't talk to you at all hardly unless you were a big shot or a celebrity or something.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 19
12  Old Sally didn't talk much, except to rave about the Lunts, because she was busy rubbering and being charming.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 17
13  I think it's because sometimes when he plays, he sounds like the kind of guy that won't talk to you unless you're a big shot.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 11
14  I didn't know him too well or anything, but he looked like the kind of guy that wouldn't talk to you much unless he wanted something off you.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 11
15  He's a terrific snob and he won't hardly even talk to you unless you're a big shot or a celebrity or something, but he can really play the piano.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 11
16  It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 17
17  I mean if a boy's mother was sort of fat or corny-looking or something, and if somebody's father was one of those guys that wear those suits with very big shoulders and corny black-and-white shoes, then old Hans would just shake hands with them and give them a phony smile and then he'd go talk, for maybe a half an hour, with somebody else's parents.
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 2
Your search result may include more than 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.