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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.

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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Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
Phone
Phones
Exactly
Looked
Ringing
Since
Puberty
Girl
Dropped
Ever
Continually
Nothing
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