"She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."

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J.D. Salinger (via nevver)

I madly love this quote, but I’ve never read Catcher in the Rye so I have no idea what the context is. I’m kind of terrified that if I knew, I wouldn’t like it so much.

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