among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused & frightened & even sickened by human behavior. you’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited & stimulated to know. many, many men have been just as troubled morally & spiritually as you are right now. happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. you’ll learn from them – if you want to. just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. it’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. & it isn’t education. it’s history. it’s poetry.
-j.d. salinger catcher in the rye
YOU ARE REMARKABLE 
this makes me want to read this book again, i don’t think i fully appreciated it the first time
aw, this is comforting.
[…] it’s history. it’s poetry. from you are remarkable. This sang to my heart. […]
I love this book so much.