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 Current Search - wish in The Catcher in the Rye
1  I wished old Phoebe was around.
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2  I wished I was dressed at least.
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3  I almost wished they did, in a way.
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4  God, I wish you could've been there.
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5  I wished to God I hadn't even phoned her.
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6  I sort of wished he'd cover up his bumpy chest.
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7  She wished me a lot of luck with the operation and all.
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8  I wished to hell he'd stop calling me "boy" all the time.
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9  I wished to God old Mrs. Antolini would come in with the coffee.
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10  I always wish I hadn't, after I take them home, but I keep doing it anyway.
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11  I wish you could see old Phoebe in that suit my mother bought her in Canada.
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12  I kept wishing I could go home and shoot the bull for a while with old Phoebe.
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13  I wished I knew who'd swiped my gloves at Pencey, because my hands were freezing.
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14  I kept wishing, though, that he'd continue the conversation in the morning, instead of now, but he was hot.
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15  What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.
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