He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn'…

J. D. Salinger
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He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
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Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
I have scars on my hands from touching certain people. ✨ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955). Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1963.
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He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

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