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Holden Caulfield

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I'm Holden Caulfield and you're all phonies.
Name: Holden Caulfield
Year of Birth: Circa 1933
Age: 16 years old
Residence: New York, New York
Education: Pencey Prep. (Expelled) 
Family: Phoebe (younger sister), Allie (deceased), Mom, Dad
Friends: Sally Hayes

"I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.” 

“Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.”

“I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am - I really do - but people never notice it. People never notice anything.”

“If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the world. It's impossible.” 
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