Quote

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

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
Take
Rooms
Shy
Even
Joy
Entering
Heart
Lives
Modest
Like
Fear
Pounds
Often
Notice
Comes
Door
Persons
Doors
Person
Room
Demanding

More quotes by 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
Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
If you are very lucky, you're allowed to be in certain places during just the right season of your life: by the sea for the summer when you're seven or eight and full of the absolute need to swim until dark and exhaustion close their hands together, cupping you in between.
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
Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Everything you want in life has teeth.
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
Image
Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Far more disturbing than any spook house at an amusement park is a ride through the old hometown if you've been away for years.
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
I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
People are always waiting to be discovered.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
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.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
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.
Jonathan Carroll
Image
Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.
Jonathan Carroll