Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
Someone
Forgiving
Find
Sin
Love
Capable
Categories
People
Truly
Sins
Worst
Divided
Understanding
Rarely
Understand
Forgive
Two
Forgiveness

More quotes by Jonathan Carroll

Image
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.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
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?
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
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.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
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
Image
The problem with waiting for someone, whether that wait is an hour or a lifetime, is everyone's 'clock' is different. So what you might consider forever is only a little while to them, or vice versa.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
If you are a success in life, there are places you must go and pay to be humiliated. It is an unwritten law that human beings must be tormented throughout their lives in one way or another. If you are fortunate enough to have risen to a social level where no one does it to you for free, then you must pay for the service.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
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.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Everything you want in life has teeth.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room it can take a while to even notice it's there.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
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
Jonathan Carroll