I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity… - J. D. Salinger

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I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.

J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye · January 30, 2001 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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