“In one or two conveniently describable ways, his eyes were similar to mine, to Les’s, and to Boo Boo’s in that (a) the eyes of this bunch could all be rather bashfully described as extra-dark oxtail in color, or Plaintive Jewish Brown, and (b) we all ran to half circles, and, in a couple of cases, outright bags.”

—J.D. Salinger, Seymour—An Introduction, 1959.