Jonathan Carroll Quotes

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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.
• It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched…
• 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…
• 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…
• May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world.
• 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…
• I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.
• 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…
• Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.
• Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?
• 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…
• 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 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…
• Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.
• For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
• At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my…
• Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it.
• Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.
• Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
• I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

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