27.6.11

salinger's view of prayer


i've been reading raise high the roof beam, carpenters and seymour an introduction by jd salinger and found this quote that totally relates a little to my ideas of the sacred and profane, and many things being prayer:

i feel your censure on all his god-damns. that seems off to me. what is it but a low form of prayer when he or les or anybody else god-damns everything? i can't believe god recognizes any form of blasphemy. it's a prissy word invented by the clergy (pg 154).


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