I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.


THE CATCHER IN THE RYE (ed. 1951)


I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and...

I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and...

I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and...

I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and...