Jonathan Carroll

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#arms #beginning #carefully #come #fields

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

— Jonathan Carroll

#love #peace #life

The angel said, "I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort of like prayer. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#cinema #color #films #prayer #love

Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#beautiful woman #does #effect #even #men

At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#asked #audience #books #boston #furniture

Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#always #bad #cabin #coffee #served

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

#center #everything #green #mountain #rain

For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#adult #alone #defeat #eating #kind

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#i #like #pan #read

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

— Jonathan Carroll

#coming #everyone #hand #out #perfume