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Quotation from The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

“Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”

J. D. Salinger (spoken by Holden Caulfield)

The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 26 (Little, Brown, 1951; copyrighted)

The novel's closing lines, in which Holden reflects on telling his story.

Citation: "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." — J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 26 (Little, Brown, 1951; copyrighted). (id the-catcher-in-the-rye-q1)

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