“It just drove me stark staring mad when I thought about her and Stradlater parked somewhere in that fat-assed Ed Banky's car.”

Chapter 8 White Lies Quotations: "Sensitive. That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddam toilet seat" (Salinger, 55)

Chapter 8: Quotes · 1. ''If I'm on a train at night, I can usually even read one of those dumb stories in a magazine without puking. You know. · 2. ''Old Mrs.

" Chapter 8, pg. 58. Quote 8: "'You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know ...

Chapter 8. Holden tells an elaborate series of fantastic lies to the mother of his classmate Ernest Morrow on the train. It's not clear why he does this, ...

"She looked up at me and sort of smiled. She had a terrifically nice smile. She really did. Most people have hardly any smile at all, or a lousy one" (55).

Holden hates Ernest, but lies and says that the boy is extremely popular and would be class president if it weren't for the fact that he's too humble to accept ...

"Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules." "Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it." Game, my ass. Some game.

Holden's rejection of the Dickens novel as “crap” signals that Holden's role as a narrator will reject the trappings of the traditional coming-of-age story.

"Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules." "Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it." Game, my ass. Some game.