Key Passages
"'I don't mean it's interesting that they float,' Teddy said. 'It's interesting that I know about them being there. If I hadn't seen them, then I wouldn't know they were there, and if I didn't know they were there, I wouldn't be able to say that they even exist'" (Salinger 171).
"'The trouble is,' Teddy said, 'most people don't want to see things the way they are. They don't even want to stop getting born and dying all the time, instead of stopping and staying with God, where it's really nice.' He reflected. 'I never saw a bunch of apple-eaters,' he said. He shook his head" (Salinger 191).
"'For example, I have a swimming lesson in about five minutes. I could go downstairs to the pool, and there might not be any water in it. This might be the day they change the water in it or something. What might happen, though, I might walk up to the edge of it, just to have a look at the bottom, for instance, and my sister might come up and sort of push me in. I could fracture my skull and die instantaneously.' Teddy looked at Nicholson. 'That could happen,' he said" (Salinger 193).