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Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.
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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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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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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People are always ruining things for you.
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