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I feel overwhelmingly grateful to them, but I don't know what to do with their invisible gifts.

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
Grateful
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Overwhelmingly
Gifts
Invisible

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But it wasn't just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair.
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I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.
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I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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Oh, this happiness is strong stuff.
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Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.
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