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These two quotes sum up so much of what's going on -- how I feel in relation to so many of you and how I feel in relation to me:
(both from Catcher in the Rye)
I'm not sure I could explain, and I'm not sure it's for me to explain. I like them though, and perhaps will let them just say whatever they'll say to you for themselves.
"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be."
"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry."
(both from Catcher in the Rye)
I'm not sure I could explain, and I'm not sure it's for me to explain. I like them though, and perhaps will let them just say whatever they'll say to you for themselves.
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His and Wharton's stuff, sitting at various intervals on our bookshelves, just reassures me sometimes.
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I hadn't even realized that you cared about Salinger, prior to this post.
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So...all over the map. I'm sure they'll be overlap in multiple places!
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Remember, I went to a tech school and majored in Business ...
However, I'm heartened by you thinking there will be some overlap. You know, for me, mostly, if bone-crushing, depressing, or bone-crushing depressing can be applied to the book, I might have read it. Though, I don't think of Salinger or Hesse to be depressing (that probably gives a weird, weird insight into how my brain works). :)
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And some floof...
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Do catch me. Catch me now I'm falling.
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'Cause it was his favorite.
I liked this part though since it reminded me so much of highschool.
"'Life *is* a game boy. Life *is* a game that one plays according to the rules.'......
....Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's a game, all right-
I'll admit that. But if you get on the *other* side, where there aren't any hot-shots, then what's a game about it?
Nothing. No game.
that's beautiful
"it's a rich exchange" - joni mitchell
(http://www.platinum-celebs.com/song/286390/jericho/) ()
Re: that's beautiful
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or are you just the hamburglar looking for rye buns?
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We MUST get in touch!
Stories here, too!