Jonathan Carroll Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.”
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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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“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.”
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“The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.”
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“For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.”
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“The fact that I’m silent doesn’t mean I have nothing to say.”
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“Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?”
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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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“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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“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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“May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world.”
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“Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.”
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“The problem with waiting for someone, whether that wait is an hour or a lifetime, is everyone's 'clock' is different. So what you might consider forever is only a little while to them, or vice versa.”
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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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“Everything you want in life has teeth.”
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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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“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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“Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?”
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“I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.”
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“The future is fastidious and punctual. It keeps perfect time and arrives everywhere on the dot. In contrast, its slacker brother the past has no use for clocks or appointments. It comes and goes as it pleases in our memory, camping out wherever the hell it damn well wants to in there. Untrustworthy, prone to exaggeration, biased- you wouldn't lend it ten cents, but it *sure* can be charming and seductive when it feels like it.”
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“There are people we meet in life who miss being important to us by inches, days, or heartbeats. Another place or time or a different emotional frame of mind and we would willingly fall into their arms; gladly take up their challenge or invitation. But as it is, we encounter them when we are discontent or content and they are not. Whatever they are, we are not and vice versa. Two trains going in different directions that pass for a few powerful moments at full speed, blasting noise and wind but then they are gone. Whatever serious chemistry might have been possible if, isn’t.”
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“Buying a pair of shoes is one of the most optimistic acts I know, next to falling in love. I like nothing better than to see an old man wearing a brand new pair of brogues or cap-toed oxfords, preferably jaunty orange-brown, unscuffed, heels unworn. We want to be here tomorrow, but buying new shoes, like falling in love, says I plan on being here tomorrow.”
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“Learn to wait; invariably either things will change or your heart will.”
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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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“Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.”
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“I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do.”
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“I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.”
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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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“Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.”
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