She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there…

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

J.D. Salinger

1948

★ 3.5

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Infatuation Being in love Love

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Short story

Time

1948

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J.D. Salinger

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Salinger, J. D. "A Girl I Knew." Good Housekeeping, Feb. 1948.

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