Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as y…

J. D. Salinger
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Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
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