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If you're not in the mood, you can't do that stuff right.

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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There isn't anyone anywhere who isn't Seymour's Fat Lady. Don't you know that? Don't you know that goddam secret yet? And don't you know — listen to me, now — don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? . . . Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy.
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This is God's universe, buddy, not yours, and he has the final say about what's ego and what isn't.
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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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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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