Amusement Quote by Jonathan Carroll

“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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“One of the most terrible losses man endures in his lifetime is not even noticed by most people, much less mourned. Which is astonishing,…

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Everything you want in life has teeth.

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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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Old people are often impatient, but for what?

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Kids own nothing. Everything is either promised, borrowed, longed for or exaggerated.

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Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater…

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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

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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…

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Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears.…

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Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.

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By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who…

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I just started writing for my own amusement and occasionally singing in little clubs around Los Angeles. Then I wrote 'The Rose,' and through…

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Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the…

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Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.

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My first job was at an amusement park in Virginia. It was the worst. I loved the park but once I'd worked there all…

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The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of…

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I realized, "Gee, you're making the same film over and over here." I just kept making them for my own amusement, but also with…

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I like these boots," I told Vayl. "Do you think they'd sell them to me cheap? I keep ruining mine." "Since when do you…

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