the unfirm line – J.D. Salinger

“It’s partly true too, but it isn’t all true. People always think something’s all true.”

J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

This line has haunted me in a fatherly way. In today’s society of polars, how do I teach my children about “truths” coming fromother people’s mouths? Even a simple google of ‘truth and lies’ brings a sad list of politics, religion, and others. My oldest once said he didn’t think anything was true anymore, and I thought of Holden.