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I live alone (but catless, I'd like everybody to know).

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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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What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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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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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me.
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I'd swear to God, if I were a piano player or an actor or something and all those dopes thought I was terrific, I'd hate it. I wouldn't even want them to clap for me. People always clap for the wrong things. If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet.
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Happiness is a solid and joy is a liquid.
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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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She said she knew she was able to fly because when she came down she always had dust on her fingers from touching the light bulbs.
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Oh, this happiness is strong stuff.
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Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad.
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Or you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I mean you'd be different in some way—I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it.
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There isn't anyone out there who isn't Seymour's Fat Lady.
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I feel overwhelmingly grateful to them, but I don't know what to do with their invisible gifts.
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I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.
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