J.D. Salinger Quote
My father wrote beautifully, Esmé interrupted. I’m saving a number of his letters for posterity.I said that sounded like a very good idea. I happened to be looking at her enormous-faced, chrono-graphic-looking wristwatch again. I asked if it had belonged to her father.She looked down at her wrist solemnly. Yes, it did, she said. He gave it to me just before Charles and I were evacuated. Self-consciously, she took her hand off the table, saying, Purely as a momento, of course. She guided the conversation in a different direction. I’d be extremely flattered if you’d write a story exclusively for me sometime. I’m an avid reader.I told her I certainly would, if I could. I said that I wasn’t terribly prolific.It doesn’t have to be terribly prolific! Just so that isn’t childish and silly. She reflected. I prefer stories about squalor.About what? I said, leaning forward.Squalor. I’m extremely interested in squalor.
My father wrote beautifully, Esmé interrupted. I’m saving a number of his letters for posterity.I said that sounded like a very good idea. I happened to be looking at her enormous-faced, chrono-graphic-looking wristwatch again. I asked if it had belonged to her father.She looked down at her wrist solemnly. Yes, it did, she said. He gave it to me just before Charles and I were evacuated. Self-consciously, she took her hand off the table, saying, Purely as a momento, of course. She guided the conversation in a different direction. I’d be extremely flattered if you’d write a story exclusively for me sometime. I’m an avid reader.I told her I certainly would, if I could. I said that I wasn’t terribly prolific.It doesn’t have to be terribly prolific! Just so that isn’t childish and silly. She reflected. I prefer stories about squalor.About what? I said, leaning forward.Squalor. I’m extremely interested in squalor.