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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
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New York City
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Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
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Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.
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Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.
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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.
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If you are very lucky, you're allowed to be in certain places during just the right season of your life: by the sea for the summer when you're seven or eight and full of the absolute need to swim until dark and exhaustion close their hands together, cupping you in between.
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I feel like a cliche.
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Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.
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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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I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do.
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Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally , forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy
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Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?
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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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The angel said, I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort of like prayer.
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People are always waiting to be discovered.
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I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.
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Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.
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Everything you want in life has teeth.
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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.
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