{"author":"Jonathan Carroll","author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll","total_quotes":19,"quotes":[{"text":"Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It’s a given and that’s the secret.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["chaos","real-love"],"id":4687,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["time","men","rest "],"id":31930,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["life","love","peace"],"id":34197,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"She was 3/4 perfection and 1/4 broken glass.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["perfection"],"id":40803,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["beautiful","beautiful woman "],"id":45190,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["novelist","novels","short fiction","short stories","writing","writing-process"],"id":49098,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"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 that makes us happy, etcetera. If we attributed some of those qualities to a person we would say they are special. If they had ALL of them, we would call them angelic. But because it's 'only' a dog, we dismiss them as sweet or funny but little more. However when you think about it, what are the things that we most like in another human being? Many times those qualities are seen in our dogs every single day-- we're just so used to them that we pay no attention.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["dogs"],"id":130852,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"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.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["patience","wonder"],"id":135542,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"Only the guilty and the lovers really fear. The first because of what they are, the second for what they might lose.","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["fear","guilt","love"],"id":192525,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"},{"text":"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. ","author":"Jonathan Carroll","tags":["humiliation","success"],"id":196618,"author_id":"Jonathan+Carroll"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}