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You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.

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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The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands?
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The little girl on the plane Who turned her doll's head around To look at me.
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Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.
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What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory.
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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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An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.
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I know. I'm very hard to talk to. I realize that.
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