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I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf, out of their reach.
— J. D. Salinger
Tags: will, children, me, best

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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.
— J. D. Salinger
Tags: nobody, late, girl, you
It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
— J. D. Salinger
Tags: admit, doing, know, stupid
Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That's how I feel.
— J. D. Salinger
Tags: someone, your, feel, you
Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
— J. D. Salinger
Tags: roommates, hard, your, better, people
I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one.
— J. D. Salinger
Tags: nice, always, feel, you
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