Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. - J. D. Salinger

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Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.

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About J. D. Salinger

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

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Photo by Lotte Jacobi, per a credit in the bottom-left corner of the original dust jacket's back cover. Published by Little, Brown and Company (Public domain / CC0)

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Native Name: Jerome David Salinger
Alternative Names: Jerome Salinger

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