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If sentiment doesn't ultimately make fibbers of some people, their natural abominable memories almost certainly will.
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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This is God's universe, buddy, not yours, and he has the final say about what's ego and what isn't.
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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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They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more. It's not so good, that way.
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I am always saying Glad to've met you to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.
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