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My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.
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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One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.
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For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.
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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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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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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.
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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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I feel like a cliche.
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