[Holden Caulfield mode ON]Ah yes. The better things in life come in little pieces. It's not like I really
believe that, but damn it's true. Sometimes you feel like you can really take on the world, ya know? You feel like anyone in the world could come to you and just land him a straight one right in the chin. But even if you
could, sometimes you just would like to blow him off by saying some cleaver
but short. And hell if that feels sweet. It can just become like baby steps, ya know? Every day you can think of something snappy to throw at in the air and just feel how it plummets down like bricks. Yeah, that feels just about
right.
But what really gets me is how people just can't get over things. Talk about clinging for christ's sake. What can man count on except for redemption? I know that one can take a lifetime to build confidence and screw it off in just 10 minutes, but come on. I
really mean, come on. I think it's just not healthy to hold all that in, ya know? It's inevitable that you will get turned off and let down by countless buffoons in life. They will never die, it's law. But does that mean that one could never open up again and stuff? I just can't find myself in that, or in
anything for that matter. I relly on the fact that life goes on just because I know that I can open myself to new things and just close my eyes. I mean, how could I ever know better? or worse? Baby steps, take me there to trust again just so I can
know at all. Dont ya think?
[Holden Caulfield mode OFF]"...something about his discontent, and his vivid way of expressing it, makes him resonate powerfully with readers who come from backgrounds completely different from his. It is tempting to inhabit his point of view and revel in his cantankerousness rather than try to deduce what is wrong with him."
- Notes about Holden Caulfield
