It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.

J.d. Salinger
It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People...
It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People...
It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People...
It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People...
About This Quote

This is a quote from Anne Lamott, a prolific writer of spiritual and self-help books. Her books include Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year, Traveling Mercies:Some Encounters with God on the Road to Emmaus, and her most recent book, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy in a Secular Age.

Source: The Catcher In The Rye

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