The author of The Catcher in the Rye, Franny & Zooey, Nine Stories, and Raise High the Roof Beams Carpenter died today at the age of 91.

“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.”
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1, opening words of book

“I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away.”
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield in Chapter 1