

'It is a long-term project, patently an ambitious one, and there is a real-enough danger, I suppose, that sooner or later I'll bog down, perhaps disappear entirely, in my own methods, locutions, and mannerisms. On the whole, though, I'm very hopeful.' -
J.D. Salinger on the Glass family.
{images from a de appel production of franny and zooey}
this is so strange--i just plucked "raise high the roofbeam, carpenters" off my shelf at random and read it very quickly. i had forgotten how tender and smart his writing could be. i love the glass family.
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