Friday, January 29, 2010

Salinger

JD Salinger: I've loved him my whole life. I wish I had written this.

"Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."

To the man who gave us Esme, Franny, Zooey, Seymour Glass, and the best literary character in a red hunting hat, Holden Caulfield, rest in peace. Thank you for your contribution to the American literary canon, and on a more personal note, thank you for your voice that, generation after generation, helps get kids through that fucking awful time called adolescence. You have always been and always will be a revolution. I'll sit on top of the Atomic Bomb with you any time you want, baby.