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At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question ratt

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"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

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This quote is written / told by Jonathan Carroll somewhere between January 26, 1949 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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