She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamati…

J. D. Salinger
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She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate observations. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1968). FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
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Sometimes you get tired of riding in taxicabs the same way you get tired riding in elevators. All of a sudden, you have to walk, no matter how far or how high up. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER … ▶
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She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate observations. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1968). FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR

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