The goddam movies. They can ruin you. I'm not kidding
("The Catcher in the Rye")
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I mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.
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Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes.
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Why do we have to get up at five? The war's over, for God's sake.
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