Hello everyone. I just subscribed to this list today so I thought I would introduce myself. I've been really getting into Salinger these last few months. I read the Catcher In The Rye last year and loved it, then this year decided to try some of his other work. I read the first few pages of "A Perfect Day For a Bananafish" in Barnes and Nobles and realized that while it may not be Holden, it sure is good. Now I love the Glass's just as much as the Caulfields. I read Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and am now in the middle of Seymour-An Introduction (and that is the order I would recommend anyone who has not read them to read them in). Now to my request, there is one quote in the Catcher in the Rye that I kindly ask someone to send to me. In truth, I only want to read the sentance or two that it is to my girlfriend because I feel that it is one of the best quotes about teenage romance I've ever read. The quote that I want is when Holden discusses what it was like holding hands with Sally. About how they would just hold hands for hours and it didn't matter if they were sweaty or not etc... Before, after only one message, I am thrown off this list, I note that I have read the following from the initial list welcome message: "Please do not post copyrighted material to the list. Please! Anyone who posts substantial passages (or any unpublished work) by J.D. Salinger may be removed as a subscriber. "Bananafish" exists to discuss Salinger's work, not to distribute Salinger's or anyone else's writing without permission. (We can't predict the responses of other writers, but Salinger has made it clear that he will not tolerate unauthorized reproduction of his work, and we don't want this list to end up tossed in the proverbial garbage can, or for any of us involved to end up in a legal quagmire.)" Being as I only subscribed 10 minutes ago, I have not recieved any messages so don't know if "substantial passages" means "all quotes" or "quotes over 3 sentances" or whatever the policy is. So if it is against the rules, then simply don't send the quote! It's not worth being thrown off of what seems to be a wonderful discussion group of the works of a man quickly becoming my favorite author. If you can, then I just ask what page the quote can be found on, I'll make a trip to my local library and look it up myself. Thanks alot, I hope I have not overfilled my first (hopefully of many) message to this list. Thanks in advance for all that you can do, Matt