J.D. Salinger Quote
I see you are looking at my feet, he said to her when car was in motion.I beg your pardon? said the woman.I said I see you're looking at my feet.I beg your pardon. I happened to be looking at the floor, said the woman, and faced the doors of the car.If you want to look at my feet, say so, said the young man. But don't be a God-damned sneak about it.Let me out here, please, the woman said quickly to the girl operating the car.The car doors opened and the woman got out without looking back.I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them, said the young man.
J.D. Salinger
I see you are looking at my feet, he said to her when car was in motion.I beg your pardon? said the woman.I said I see you're looking at my feet.I beg your pardon. I happened to be looking at the floor, said the woman, and faced the doors of the car.If you want to look at my feet, say so, said the young man. But don't be a God-damned sneak about it.Let me out here, please, the woman said quickly to the girl operating the car.The car doors opened and the woman got out without looking back.I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them, said the young man.
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About J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye (1951) was an immediate popular success; Salinger's depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel was widely read and controversial, and its success led to public attention and scrutiny. Salinger became reclusive, publishing less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953); Franny and Zooey (1961), a volume containing a novella and a short story; and a volume containing two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). Salinger's last published work, the novella Hapworth 16, 1924, appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965.
Afterward, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton and the release in the late 1990s of memoirs written by two people close to him: Joyce Maynard, an ex-lover; and his daughter, Margaret Salinger.