I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for qu…

J. D. Salinger
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I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one. ✨ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1963.
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I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one. ✨ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1963.

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