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The Catcher in the Rye Quotes

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. - J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye Quotes about Growing Up)

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.[quoted from Wilhelm Stekel]

Source:(Little, Brown & Co., ed. 1951), Chapter 24, Page 244
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J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye Quotes
  • Book: The Catcher in the Rye
  • Writer: J. D. Salinger
  • Genre: Classics, Fiction
  • Published: 1951
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