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

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