Re: First Catcher memories?
Peggy F. Jean-Louis (pfj6868@is.nyu.edu)
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:52:53 -0500 (EST)
The first time I read the letter that Buddy wrote to Zooey, I remember
feeling sad...because out of all the people I've ever loved, none of them
could ever write to me so beautifully. It's the kind of letter everyone
dreams of getting and probably never will. That's what makes it so
special.
Peggy
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Malcolm Lawrence wrote:
>
> For me it's the letter that Zooey reads in the bath that Buddy wrote years
> ago. I remember when I first read that, don't ask me how old I was,
> probably the last year or two of high school, and it was as if I was
> reading a letter from someone I'd always known was out there but hadn't
> crossed my path yet. To this day those few pages alone have the power to
> get me refocused, centered, inspired, energetic and remind me of just how
> sane I am when all around me all I find are the confused and the crazy who
> seem to enjoy being confused and crazy. Sometimes I don't even need to read
> the whole story, just that letter...sometimes it gets me through the night,
> sometimes it gets me through the winter.
>
> Malcs
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