The apartment below mine had the only balcony of the house.… - J. D. Salinger

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The apartment below mine had the only balcony of the house. I saw a girl standing on it, completely submerged in the pool of autumn twilight. She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

J. D. Salinger

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Jerome David Salinger (1 January 1919 – 27 January 2010) was an American author, most famous for his novel The Catcher in the Rye.

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Native Name: Jerome David Salinger

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She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

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