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Book: Hapworth 16, 1924
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  1. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    Think how practical, pleasant, and thrilling it would be if one could open one's mouth, from time to time, and something other than sheer, forward, unreliable opinion came out!
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  2. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    As you damned well know, we never change much in our hearts.
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  3. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    Jesus, life has its share of honorable thrills if one but keeps one's eyes open!
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  4. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    This is nobody's fault, swiftly be assured; being human beings with personal opinions and brains, we are respondent to any shreds of beauty we can get; I myself am hopelessly respondent to it!"
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  5. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    Did anybody say anything about being flawless? Perfection isan absolutely different word, magnificently left hanging for the human being's kind benefit throughout the ages!
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  6. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    My God, think of the opportunities and thrusts that lie ahead when one knows without a shred of doubt how commonplace and normal one is at heart!
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  7. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    It means that every man, woman, and child over the age, let us say, of twentyone or thirty, at the very outside, should never do anything extremely important or crucial in their life without first consulting a list of persons in the world, living or dead, whom he loves.
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  8. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    One cannot even light a casual cigarette unless the artistic permission of the universe is freely given!
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  9. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    My opinions are all too frequently too damn harsh for words.
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  10. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    Without keeping up a merciless guard, day and night, the variety of forward opinions in this world could easily destroy one's sanity.
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  11. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    Unfortunately, here as elsewhere on this touching planet, imitation is the watchword and prestige the highest ambition.
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  12. J.D. Salinger _ Hapworth 16, 1924

    I find it magnificent how beau-tiful, loose ends find each other in the world if one only waits with de-cent patience, resilience, and quite blind strength.
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