I mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't…

J. D. Salinger
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I mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1968). FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
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