RIP JD, you were a pretty darn* entertaining writer.
*he would have used the real word, but I just sound silly when I swear, even on a blog!
"If there is an amateur reader still left in the world--or anybody who just reads and runs--I ask him or her, with untellable affection and gratitude, to split the dedication of this book four ways with my wife and children."
"I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in The Catcher In the Rye. Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf out of their reach."
"Life is a gift horse in my opinion."
and finally
"I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one."
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I'm sure rights to a movie for Catcher is already in the works...its a shame.
...a shame because he never wanted it to become a movie.
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