WISHING in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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1 I wished old Phoebe was around.
2 I wished I was dressed at least.
3 I almost wished they did, in a way.
4 God, I wish you could've been there.
5 I wished to God I hadn't even phoned her.
6 I sort of wished he'd cover up his bumpy chest.
7 She wished me a lot of luck with the operation and all.
8 I wished to hell he'd stop calling me "boy" all the time.
9 I wished to God old Mrs. Antolini would come in with the coffee.
10 I always wish I hadn't, after I take them home, but I keep doing it anyway.
11 I wish you could see old Phoebe in that suit my mother bought her in Canada.
12 I kept wishing I could go home and shoot the bull for a while with old Phoebe.
13 I wished I knew who'd swiped my gloves at Pencey, because my hands were freezing.
14 I kept wishing, though, that he'd continue the conversation in the morning, instead of now, but he was hot.
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.