You can hit my father over the head with a chair and he won… - J. D. Salinger

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You can hit my father over the head with a chair and he won't wake up, but my mother, all you have to do to my mother is cough somewhere in Siberia and she'll hear you.

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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