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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.
Jonathan Carroll
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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
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Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.
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Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall fast through a big black hole, and suddenly you know they're gone because just as suddenly, there's nothing left at all inside.
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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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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.
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You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.
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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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I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.
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Eating is sex for old people.
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People are always waiting to be discovered.
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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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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.
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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.
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