Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

J.D. Salinger, fully Jerome David Salinger

Reclusive American Author

"The mark of the immature person is that they want to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature person is that they want to live humbly for one"

"The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid."