George OrwellGordon eyed them with inert hatred. At this moment he hated all books, and novels most of all. Horrible to think of all that soggy, half-baked trash massed together in one place.
About This Quote
This quote from J. D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” expresses the feeling people have when they see a bookstore or a library that is packed with books. The reader may feel as if they have been cheated, as if the words on paper have been taken from them and not given back.
The reader feels cheated because they feel like their time could be better spent doing something else instead of reading all those books. This quote also indicates the type of person the author was, as he hated it when people wasted their time on useless things like books.
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