I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I…

J. D. Salinger
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

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