But you can't always tell - with somebody's mother, I mean. Mothers ar…

J. D. Salinger
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But you can't always tell - with somebody's mother, I mean. Mothers are all slightly insane. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1951). THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
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