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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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Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall fast through a big black hole, and suddenly you know they're gone because just as suddenly, there's nothing left at all inside.
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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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Far more disturbing than any spook house at an amusement park is a ride through the old hometown if you've been away for years.
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Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.
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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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I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.
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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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Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.
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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them.
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