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People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

Jonathan Carroll

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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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