Jonathan Carroll Quotes

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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…
• 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…
• Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.
• 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…
• Learn to wait; invariably either things will change or your heart will.
• Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• The keys that unlock the heart are made of funny materials: a disarming phrase that comes out of the blue, nowhere, a certain sexy walk…
• How easily we ignore or forget the small kindnesses and considerations in life which are really the only everyday magic we witness on a regular…
• The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic…
• The first great real intimacy between two people begins when secrets are told.
• Although our emotions sometimes behave like spoiled, selfish children, unfortunately we cannot send them to their room or tell them to stop screaming.
• 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…
• 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…
• Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.
• 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…
• Old people are often impatient, but for what?
• 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…

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