Jonathan Carroll
Jonathan Carroll
Jonathan Samuel Carrollis an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria since the 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 January 1949
CountryUnited States of America
carrying clumsy distorted drastic either hand less mean reach scared simple surprised urgency whatever
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 we're 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.
caribbean consumers domestic expecting fall flights fuel gas hitting increase mark prices record secure subjected third vacation winter
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.
planets given our-lives
I would have given him everything. I would have pulled down planets to make our life work.
fake-people giving-up care
Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.
time children hands
Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.
waiting forever different
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.
lost ifs
Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.
mcdonalds eating-alone adults
For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
orange forgiving fifth-grade
I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.
teeth want
Everything you want in life has teeth.
fiction crowds different
In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.
when-you-love-someone magic secret
When you love someone deeply, you know secrets they haven't told you yet. Or secrets they aren't even aware of themselves. ... She was also the person I wanted to share the trivia of my life with, because that too is part of the magic of concern: Whatever you live is important to them and they will help you through it.
too-late retrospect heard
I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.