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One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
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New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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