"Don't tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing … - J. D. Salinger

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

- Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye

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

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