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Were most of your stars out? Were you busy writing your heart out?

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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It isn't very serious, I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.
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People are always ruining things for you.
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I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.
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Oh, this happiness is strong stuff.
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.
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Sensitive. That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a toilet seat.
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She worries over the way her love for me comes and goes, appears and disappears. She doubts its reality simply because it isn't as steadily pleasurable as a kitten. God knows it is sad. The human voice conspires to desecrate everything on earth.
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I think that one of these days, he said, you're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. But immediately. You can't afford to lose a minute. Not you.
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If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable.
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Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.
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