at least the other person was there to shout back

Please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming parentheses
(((( )))))

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How terrible is it when you say "I love you," and the person on the other end shouts back "What?"

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...my life story. as summarized by two franny & zooey quotations.
my nom de plume ain't janey salinger for nothing.