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If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable.
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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Jerome David Salinger
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