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Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.

Jonathan Carroll

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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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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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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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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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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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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People are always waiting to be discovered.
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The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.
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Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.
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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.
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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.
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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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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 feel like a cliche.
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Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
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For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
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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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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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My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.
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Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.
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