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I kept picturing all these little kids in this big field of rye... If they're running and they don't look where they're going, I have to come out from somewhere and catch them.

J. D. Salinger

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J. D. Salinger
Age: 91 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 27
Author
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New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
Kids
Catch
Littles
Kept
Look
Field
Little
Somewhere
Come
Fields
Picturing
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Holden
Going
Bigs
Catchers
Running
Catching

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