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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

J. D. Salinger

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J. D. Salinger
Age: 91 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 27
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New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
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probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. how well or how badly the man actually knew the girl doesn’t necessarily affect the transformation. she was there, and she was the whole city, and that’s that
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I'd never yell, Good luck! at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.
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I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete - that's what scares me.
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It happens to be one of those days when I see everybody in the family, including myself, through the wrong end of a telescope.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly
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The sentence im reading is terrific.
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Give me a story that just makes me unreasonably vigilant. Keep me up till five only because all your stars are out, and for no other reason.
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I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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I prayed for the city to be cleared of people, for the gift of being alone—a-l-o-n-e: which is the one New York prayer that rarely gets lost or delayed in channels, and in no time at all everything I touched turned to solid loneliness.
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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.
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Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.
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I know he's dead! Don't you think I know that? I can still like him, though, can't I? Just because somebody's dead, you don't just stop liking them, for God's sake--especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than the people you know that're alive and all.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
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If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me.
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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I feel overwhelmingly grateful to them, but I don't know what to do with their invisible gifts.
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It’s history. It’s poetry.
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... even the most sublimely accomplished non-stop talker can't consistently please.
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