The Catcher in the Rye - Pg 171

  "You can't even think of one thing."  "Yes, I can. Yes, I can."  "Well, do it, then."  "I like Allie," I said. "And I like doing what I'm doing right now. Sitting here with you, and talking, and thinking about stuff, and--"  "Allie's dead--You always say that! If somebody's dead and everything, and in Heaven, then it isn't really--"  "I know he's dead! Don't you think I know that? I can still like him, though, can't I? Just because somebody's dead, you don't just stop liking them, for God's sake--especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than the people you know that're alive and all."