The Way of a Pilgrim ; And, The Pilgrim Continues His Way | 
“Her face tear-streaked but quite expressionless,almost vacuous,she picked up her handbag from the floor, opened it, and took out the small pea-green clothbound book. She put it on her knees, rather-and looked down at it,gazed down at it,as if that were the best of all places for a small pea-green clothbound book to be.”
Franny and Zooey
Lookin at you , @vivastory 😀
vivastory This is fantastic! I saw someone online call the lord's prayer that she keeps repeating a zen koan and I really liked that interpretation 4y
Leftcoastzen @vivastory I am endlessly fascinated by the post world war 2 vein of the sweet humanity of faiths , esoteric Christianity, Zen , Buddhist, Hindu, that flows through Salinger ,Beats , Hippies in general that seems to avoid kowtowing to the orthodoxy. If that makes any sense.😂😳 4y
vivastory @Leftcoastzen It 100% makes sense! Willis Barnstone & Stephen MItchell are both great resources for translating fascinating religious texts on the periphery of the religious orthodoxy 4y
Leftcoastzen @vivastory indeed! 4y
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