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Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
People
Beat
Beats
Older
Blue
Better
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Looks
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Jeans

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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?
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Everything you want in life has teeth.
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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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Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.
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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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My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.
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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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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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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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I feel like a cliche.
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