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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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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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