J. D. Salinger Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010
Birthday: January 1
Death: January 27
Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.
source: Catcher in the Rye (1951) ch. 22
topic: Hope, Running, Crazy, Catchers, Standing On The Edge, Kids Playing, Holden Caulfield, Holden
