There are two kinds of books in the world--the boring kind they make you read in school and the interesting kind that they won't let you read in school because then they would have to talk about real stuff like sex and divorce and is there a God and if there isn't then what happens when you die, and how come the history books have so many lies in them. LouAnne Johnson
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The quote above by J.D. Salinger is a metaphor used to describe the two different kinds of literature: adult literature and children's literature. The adult literature is the kind of book that adult readers would read, while the children's literature would be read by kids. Adults are supposed to read about grown up things in their spare time, while kids are supposed to read books with little to no harm. However, this quote is actually referring to the types of books that need to be approved by adults for kids to read.

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