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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
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
Today
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Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
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My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.
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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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Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.
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Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.
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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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Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize 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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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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Eating is sex for old people.
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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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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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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
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Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.
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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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The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.
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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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People are always waiting to be discovered.
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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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