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I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger.
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
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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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
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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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It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world.
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I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much about.
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I like to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girls around once in a while, even if they're only scratching their arms or blowing their noses or even just giggling or something.
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Were most of your stars out? Were you busy writing your heart out?
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I know he's dead! Don't you think I know that? I can still like him, though, can't I? Just because somebody's dead, you don't just stop liking them, for God's sake--especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than the people you know that're alive and all.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row.
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That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman.
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It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
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I don't know about bores. Maybe you shouldn't feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. They don't hurt anybody most of them, and maybe they're all terrific whistlers or something. Who the hell knows? Not me.
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