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Voicey. Kind of strange and aimless but it’s obviously intentional since it’s strange and aimless in the exact same ways as Cather in the Rye.

How could he know that? A grown-up I'd never met knew how I felt. My parents didn't. My teachers didn't. But a man I'd never met knew me. The thought made me so happy. So hopeful. Maybe life would turn out better than I thought. Maybe there was a place where I would fit in.

Heh. Barbara’s mom is Jewish too

Was that all there was? Trying? I suddenly understood what I never thought about before. Holden didn't escape. He was only gone for a couple of days. It seemed longer. But today seemed longer, too, although it was only a few hours. And then Holden wound up in a mental hospital. After the book ended, he just went home and grew up. And so would we.

Our great plans had failed. Maybe they weren’t such great plans after all.

Barbara is a disaster.

Barbara is fifteen.

Were people really this obsessed with going to college in the 1950s? That feels like a newer invention.

“Too bad Germany lost the war. They had the right idea.”

Jesus

The word echoed in my brain. Germany. I'd spent my whole life walking around a giant pit in the middle of our lives called Germany. Germany. A dark place where people died.