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 basis. Just think- to make happiness out of nothing more than a few kind words or a generous gesture. Jonathan Carroll More Quotes by Jonathan Carroll More Quotes From Jonathan Carroll People are always waiting to be discovered. Jonathan Carroll always-waiting waiting people The first great real intimacy between two people begins when secrets are told. Jonathan Carroll real two people Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well. Jonathan Carroll time children hands 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. Jonathan Carroll fear heart doors Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand. Jonathan Carroll humor funny hands Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does. Jonathan Carroll beautiful beauty men 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 reacts to them. Jonathan Carroll journey fun beautiful Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the ensuing years that person we thought understood us best ends up regarding us with pity, indifference, or active dislike. Those who truly care can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive our worst sins. Rarely do we find someone capable of both. Jonathan Carroll forgiving two years 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. Jonathan Carroll cake should-have men 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. Jonathan Carroll different waiting forever Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown. Jonathan Carroll rain rivers running Reading a book, for me at least, is like traveling in someone else's world. If it's a good book, then you feel comfortable and yet anxious to see what's going to happen to you there, what'll be around the next corner. But if it's a lousy book, then it's like going through Secaucus, New Jersey -- it smells and you wish you weren't there, but since you've started the trip, you roll up the windows and breathe through your mouth until you're done. Jonathan Carroll smell reading book You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are. Jonathan Carroll who-we-are get-better people 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. Jonathan Carroll forgiveness love two Time talks behind our back. To our face it's friendly and logical, never hesitating to give more of itself. But when we're not looking, it steals our lives and says bad things about us to the parts of us it's stolen Jonathan Carroll faces friendly giving I would have given him everything. I would have pulled down planets to make our life work. Jonathan Carroll our-lives planets given When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do. Jonathan Carroll editors college ideas 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. Jonathan Carroll optimistic falling-in-love men 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. Jonathan Carroll amusement house years Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall fast through a big black hole, and suddenly you know they're gone because just as suddenly, there's nothing left at all inside. Jonathan Carroll black gone fall
