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Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.
Jonathan Carroll
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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
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New York City
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Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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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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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.
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For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
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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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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.
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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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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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People are always waiting to be discovered.
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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 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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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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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.
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I feel like a cliche.
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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.
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Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.
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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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