“I wasn't sleepy or anything, but I was feeling sort of lousy. Depressed and all. I almost wished I was dead.” LonelinessDepressionLonelyAngstClassic LiteratureThe Catcher In The Rye Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“It was against my principles and all, but I was feeling so depressed I didn't even think. That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think.” DepressionLonelyAngstClassic LiteratureThe Catcher In The Rye Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“I kept walking and walking up Fifth Avenue, without any tie on or anything. Then all of a sudden, something very spooky started happening. Every time I came to the end of a block and stepped off the goddam curb, I had this feeling that I’d never get to the other side of the street. I thought I’d just go down, down, down, and nobody’d ever see me again. Boy, did it scare me. You can’t imagine. I started sweating like a bastard – my whole shirt and underwear and everything. Then I started doing something else. Every time I’d get to the end of a block I’d make believe I was talking to my brother Allie. I’d say to him, “Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie, don’t let me disappear. Please, Allie.” And then when I’d reach the other side of the street without disappearing, I’d thank him. Then it would start all over again as soon as I got to the next corner. But I kept going and all. I was sort of afraid to stop, I think – I don’t remember, to tell you the truth. I know I didn’t stop till I was way up in the Sixties, past the zoo and all. Then I sat down on this bench. I could hardly get my breath, and I was still sweating like a bastard. I sat there, I guess, for about an hour.” GriefSadDepression Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“The kid was swell. He was walking in the street, instead of on the sidewalk, but right next to the curb. He was making out like he was walking a very straight line, the way kids do, and the whole time he kept singing and humming. I got up closer so I could hear what he was singing. He was singing that song, 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' He had a pretty little voice, too. He was just singing for the hell of it, you could tell. The cars zoomed by, brakes screeched all over the place, his parents paid no attention to him, and he kept on walking next to the curb and singing 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed any more.” ChildrenFeelingsKidsTimeVoiceDepressionRobert BurnsComin Thro The Rye Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“So I went in this cheap-looking restaurant and had doughnuts and coffee. Only, I didn't eat the doughnuts. I couldn't swallow them too well. The thing is, if you get very depressed about something, it's hard as hell to swallow.” DepressionCoffeeSomethingSwallowingRestaurantDoughnuts Author:J.D. Salinger