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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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... even the most sublimely accomplished non-stop talker can't consistently please.
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That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman.
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Pencey was full of crooks. Quite a few guys came from these wealthy families, but it was full of crooks anyway. The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has - I'm not kidding.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
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People never notice anything.
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What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory.
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She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty.
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I know. I'm very hard to talk to. I realize that.
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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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In every school I've gone to, all the athletic bastards stick together.
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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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I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.
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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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If you're not in the mood, you can't do that stuff right.
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John Keats / John Keats / John / Please put your scarf on.
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I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question.
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