Quotes by Jonathan Carroll

“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 by it, despite our naive and sensless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart”

“May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world.”

“There are long quiet periods in life that are very much like waiting for a bus on a nice day. You dont mind being there so much because the weather is sunny and nice, and youre in no hurry. But after a while you start looking at your watch because there are more interesting things you could be doing, and it really is time the bus came.”

“Do you know the German phrase, You can steal horses with him? It means a person you can both make love with all night, passionately, then wake up the next morning and be completely silly.”

“Did that mean carrying a hand mirrow with me at all times so I could see myself from every angle? No, nothing so drastic or inane. Self-examination is usually a half-hearted, spontaneous thing we do when were either scared or bored. As a result, whatever conclusions we reach are distorted either by a clumsy urgency or a listless sigh. But in my own case, I simple wanted to be less surprised by what I did after I did it.”

“With gas prices hitting record levels, consumers need to secure their fall and winter 2006 vacation now ... We are expecting an increase in fuel surcharges on international flights as well as domestic and Caribbean for the upcoming season. This will mark the third fuel surcharge that consumers will be subjected to in 2005 alone.”

“For those consumers planning to travel, surcharges could total an additional $75 per person on average. Typically, when one major airline implements a fuel surcharge, other airlines promptly adjust their fares as a result. ... We want to keep consumers up to date and give them the tools to make the informed choices.”

“For those consumers planning to travel, surcharges could total an additional $75 per person on average. Typically, when one major airline implements a fuel surcharge, other airlines promptly adjust their fares as a result. We want to keep consumers up to date and give them the tools to make the informed choices.”

“Thats something that has not always been my strength. I used to get the ball and hold it until the point guard would come over. Now I have to look up the floor and get the fast break going. Its a definitely change that came through a lot of practice. Ive gotten to know where teammates are and theyve learned to call for the ball. Its definitely a teamwork type of the thing. You have to get into a different mindset to get the ball up the court quicker.”

“Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a woman was painful. I wept because I was no longer a child with a childs blind faith. I wept because my eyes were opened to reality...I wept because I could not believe anymore and I love to believe. I can still love passionately without believing. That means I love humanly. I wept because from now on I will weep less. I wept because I have lost my pain and I am not yet accustomed to its absence.”

“Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love goes on, the love goes on, blind to laws and warnings and even to wisdom and to fears. And whatever that love is, perhaps an illusion of a new love, I want it, I cant resist it, my whole being melts in one kiss, my knowledge melts, my fears melt, my blood dances, my legs open.”

If you are a success in life, there are places you must go and pay to be humiliated. It is an unwritten law that human beings must be tormented throughout their lives in one way or another. If you are fortunate enough to have risen to a social level where no one does it to you for free, then you must pay for the service.

Time talks behind our back. To our face its friendly and logical, never hesitating to give more of itself. But when were not looking, it steals our lives and says bad things about us to the parts of us its stolen

The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.

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 was happy to give you things to look at and do that easily took up whole days. I didnt agree with people who said Manhattan was a cold, indifferent town. Sure it was gruff, but it was also playful and sometimes very funny.

The angel said, I like black-and-white films more than color because theyre more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. Its sort of like prayer.

Patience never wants Wonder to enter the house: because Wonder is a wretched guest. It uses all of you but is not careful with what is most fragile or irreplaceable. If it breaks you, it shrugs and moves on. Without asking, Wonder often brings along dubious friends: doubt, jealousy, greed. Together they take over; rearrange the furniture in every one of your rooms for their own comfort. They speak odd languages but make no attempt to translate for you. They cook strange meals in your heart that leave odd tastes and smells. When they finally go are you happy or miserable? Patience is always left holding the broom.

Animals are on earth to protect mankind. When you gather a bunch of them together like this, you create a safe haven. Nothing can touch you here.

Heres something you must know and dont forget it - animals never lie. They dont like, they dont put on disguises, and they are always true to what they are. Thats why you can trust them.

Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.