I'm beginning to feel that no author has the right to tear his characters apart if he doesn't know how, or feel that he knows how (poor sucker) to put them together again. I'm tiredโmy God, so tiredโof leaving them all broken on the page with just 'The End' written underneath.
J. D. SalingerOh, I donโt know. That digression business got on my nerves. I donโt know. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. Itโs more interesting and all.
J. D. SalingerPoets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
J. D. SalingerYou know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven dreamed tonight that his dog died, he'd have a very, very bad night's sleep, because he's very fond of that dog. But when he woke up in the morning, everything would be all right. He'd know it was only a dream.' Nicholson nodded. 'What's the point exactly?' The point is if his dog really died, it would be exactly the same thing. Only he wouldn't know it. I mean he wouldn't wake up till he died himself.
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