j.d. salinger's the catcher in the rye

wieder ein klassiker, den man gelesen haben muss.

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"when i really worry about something, i don't just fool around.  i even have to go to the bathroom when i worry about something.  only, i don't go. i'm too worried to go.  i don't want to interrupt my worrying to go."

"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."

“it was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.” 

j.d. salinger - the catcher in the rye