Beats Quote by Jonathan Carroll

“Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.”

Jonathan Carroll

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Eating is sex for old people.

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Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.

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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…

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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, because what we lose is in many ways one of the essential qualities that sets us apart from other creatures. I'm talking about the loss of the sense of wonder that is such an integral part…

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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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“One of the reasons why I liked living in Manhattan was that the city would share your mood the moment you walked out the door. If you were in a hurry, everything else was too, even the pigeons. You shared the same speed and sense of urgency to get wherever you were going. When you had time to kill, it…

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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 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…

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