You’d better get busy, though, buddy. The goddam sands run out on you …

J. D. Salinger
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You’d better get busy, though, buddy. The goddam sands run out on you every time You turn around. I know what I’m talking about. You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze In this goddam phenomenal world. ✨ Zooey (1957). Franny and Zooey. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1961.
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