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Sunday night, I reread The Catcher in the Rye until I felt tired enough to fall asleep. Only I never got tired enough. And I couldn't read, because reading didn't feel the same.

Kami Garcia

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Kami Garcia
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 25
Artist
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Didn
Sunday
Enough
Tired
Feel
Couldn
Feels
Reading
Never
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Catcher
Fall
Reread
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Catchers
Night
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