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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.

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

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