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J.D. Salinger

1919 - 2010

J.D. Salinger was an American writer known for his acclaimed novel "The Catcher in the Rye," which continues to be a classic in modern literature. He was renowned for his reclusive nature and his exploration of themes surrounding teenage angst and alienation in his works.

  1. Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.

    J.D. Salinger
    #catcher#innocence#responsibility

  2. Mothers are all slightly insane.

    J.D. Salinger
    #mothers#insanity#perception

  3. How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

    J.D. Salinger
    #action#uncertainty#potential

  4. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.

    J.D. Salinger
    #secrecy#loneliness#regret