It's history. It's poetry. Auteur: J.D. Salinger Copy Quote More from J.D. Salinger “People always clap for the wrong reasons.” “We're freaks, the two of us, Franny and I. I'm a twenty-five-year-old freak and…” “In my opinion, if you really want to know, half of the nastiness in the world i…” “The rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books…”