J.D. Salinger Catcher in the Rye

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J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
James Dean, Bruce Lee, Jimmi Hendrix, DefJam, Casablanca all sum up to one word American Classics. Another great American Classic is Catcher in the Rye. Read this book people if you haven't. If you want to read it don't read any further. But If you don't want to read it here is a one of my favorite quotes, or more like a favorite conversation from the story.

" I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But, I honestly don't know what kind... This fall I think you are riding for-- it's a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement's designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives,were looking for something their own environment couldn't provide them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it up before they ever really even got started.

Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened by human behavior. You are 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...

Nine out of ten times they have more humility than the unscholarly thinker.

Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it for any considerable distance it'll begin to give you an idea what size mind you have, what it'll fit and, maybe what it won't . After a while, you'll have an idea what kind of thoughts your particular size mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you an extordinary amount of time trying on ideas that don't suit you, aren't becoming to you. You'll begin to know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.

J.D. Salinger