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It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.

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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
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Jerome David Salinger
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I know. I'm very hard to talk to. I realize that.
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I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.
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I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much about.
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In my mind, I'm probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw.
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But I was afraid of the questions (much more than the accusations) you might both put to me.
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You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
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Are all your stars shining?
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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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Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.)
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I just hope that one day - preferably when we’re both blind drunk - we can talk about it.
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I like to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girls around once in a while, even if they're only scratching their arms or blowing their noses or even just giggling or something.
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Oh, this happiness is strong stuff.
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His eldest sister (who modestly prefers to be identified here as a Tuckahoe homemaker) has asked me to describe him as looking like 'the blue-eyed Jewish-Irish Mohican scout who died in your arms at the roulette table at Monte Carlo.
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Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly
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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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I privately say to you, old friend... please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming parentheses: (((()))).
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