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James Dennis "Jim" Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was made into the 1995 film of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.. author poet autobiographer and punk musician

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Quote Left Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18. Quote Right
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Quote Left When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets Quote Right
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Quote Left Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief as joy. Each is finite. Each will fade. Quote Right
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Quote Left Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future. Quote Right
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Quote Left The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs