Mean Quote by J. D. Salinger

“There are nice things in the world - and I mean nice things. We're all such morons to get so sidetracked.”

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But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men, all of us talking, writing, painting, making movies of heroes, and cockroaches and foxholes and blood, then future generations will always be doomed to future Hitlers. It's never occurred to boys to have contempt for wars,…

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