Re: The Catcher in the Rye movie

kkfchoi@netcom.ca
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:05:13 -0500 (EST)

"When I was a kid, the worst of all days was the last day of summer vacation , and we were 
in the schoolyard playing softball, and the sun was down and it was getting dark.  But I 
didn't want it to get dark.  I didn't want the game to end.  It was too good, too much fun.  I 
wanted it to stay light forever, so we could keep on playing forever. (...) But the sun always 
went down.  And now it's almost dark."
--Mike Royko, Daily News, 1978

"He's laying awfully quiet, I told myself, I ought to touch him to see if he's still alive...That's 
a lie.  I know he's still alive.  That ain't the reason I want to touch him.  I want to touch him 
because he's a man.  That's a lie too.  There's other men around.  I could touch them.  I 
want to touch him because I'm one of those queers!  But that's a lie too.  That's one fear 
hiding behind another.  If I was one of those queers I'd want to do other things with him.  I 
just want to touch him because he's who he is."
--Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest