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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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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands?
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Oh, it's lovely to see you!' Franny said as the cab moved off. 'I've missed you.' The words were no sooner out than she realized that she didn't mean them at all.
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Are all your stars shining?
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I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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The connection was so bad, and I couldn’t talk at all during most of the call. How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person at the other end shouts back ‘What?
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Were most of your stars out? Were you busy writing your heart out?
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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any.
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I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.
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who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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If there is an amateur reader still left in the world - or anybody who just reads and runs - I ask him or her, with untellable affection and gratitude, to split the dedication of this book four ways with my wife and children.
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I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.
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I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
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Why are you breaking down, incidentally? I mean if you’re able to go into a collapse with all your might, why can’t you use the same energy to stay well and busy?
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Some of my best friedns are children. In fact, all of my best friends are children.
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It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world.
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