3 Fascinating Authors
One of my favorite parts of “The Catcher in the Rye” is when the main character, Holden Caulfield, reflects on a book he just finished. He says, “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” That’s the exact same way I felt after reading Catcher for the first time. Here are 3 authors that I wouldn’t mind calling up on the phone whenever I felt like it: Francois-Marie Arouet – aka Voltaire (1694-1778) Voltaire makes my list for several reasons. First, and most importantly, he had a fantastic sense of humor. It is said that on his deathbed a priest asked him to renounce Satan and he replied, “now it not the time to be making [...]
