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Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.

Jonathan Carroll

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
People
Along
Probably
Hands
Young
Wells
Well
Children
Time
Unfaithful

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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.
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If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.
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