Tilting his head back he slowly released an enormous quantity of smoke…

J. D. Salinger
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Tilting his head back he slowly released an enormous quantity of smoke from his mouth and drew it up through his nostrils. He continued to smoke in this French-inhale style. Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1968). FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
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