"I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it."

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Take most people, they are crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, they are always talking about have many miles they get to a gallon, and if they get a brand new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that is even newer. I do not even like old cars. . . . I'd rather have a horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

— J. D. Salinger