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Salinger QUOTES

Salinger QUOTES

1 " DAVID SHIELDS: Salinger told Whit Burnett... that on D-Day he was carrying six chapters of 'The Catcher in the Rye', that he needed those pages with him not only as an amulet to help him survive but as a reason to survive. "

― David Shields , Salinger

2 " A writer writes alone in a room with no distractions. The minute he’s distracted he loses the cathedral in which he must perform, which is himself. "

― David Shields , Salinger

3 " He was a nice boy, but he was the kind of kid who, if you wanted to have a card game, wouldn’t join in. "

― David Shields , Salinger