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I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much about.
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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I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.
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