Jonathan Carroll Quotes

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.

My memory loves you"側 it asks about you all the time.

Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.

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.

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

The fact that I'm silent doesn't mean I have nothing to say.

At the end of their relationship she asked if they could still remain friends. His face stayed expressionless until he said "No. Because we put friends in boxes. You see them once in a while, or even a lot, but still they have their box in your life, their specific place. Their *category.* That's one of the great things about being someone's love— you have no box in their life because you're part of all their boxes. You're their friend, their lover, their confidante— all those things. I don't want to be put in one of your boxes and I don't want to shrink you to fit into one of mine.

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

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

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 senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.