JEFF PEARLMAN

J.D.

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I’ve never read anything by J.D. Salinger, who died today. But I love his quote …

“I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetary. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody.”

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