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It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
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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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I thought the two ugly ones were sisters, but they got very insulted when I asked them. You could tell neither one of them wanted to look like the other one, and you couldn't blame them, but it was very amusing anyway.
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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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After I go out this door, I may only exist in the minds of all my acquaintances…I may be an orange peel.
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There are still a few men who love desperately.
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The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
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She really started to cry, and the next thing I knew, I was kissing her all over - anywhere - her eyes, her nose, her forehead, her eyebrows, and all, her ears - her whole face except her mouth and all.
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I'd never yell, Good luck! at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.
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In my mind, I'm probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw.
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Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew--knew--that we're carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we're all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?
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I privately say to you, old friend... please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming parentheses: (((()))).
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The world is full of actors pretending to be human
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who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly
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I just never felt so fantastically rocky in my entire life.
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Do it for the fat lady!
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People are always ruining things for you.
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Some of my best friedns are children. In fact, all of my best friends are children.
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