FOR ESME - WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
Born: 1919
"I hate mankind, for I think myself to be one of them, and I know how bad I am."
SAMUEL JOHNSON
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| J. D. Salinger | ||||||||||||||||||
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Primarily a short story writer, his one short novel, CATCHER IN THE RYE, is considered a masterpiece. | |
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| "Fathers and teacher, I ponder 'What is hell?' I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love." FOR ESME - WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR |
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| "I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy." | ||||||||||||||||||
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| "Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddamn horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake." | ||||||||||||||||||
| JEROME DAVID SALINGER Born: 1919 |
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| POSTSCRIPT "I hate mankind, for I think myself to be one of them, and I know how bad I am." SAMUEL JOHNSON |
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| NEXT AUTHOR PAGE = JEAN-PAUL SARTRE TO MY LITERATURE MAIN PAGE TO MY HOME PAGE |
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