It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.
After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing… - Tom Perrotta
After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing…
- Tom Perrotta
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control. - Tom Perrotta
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.
It felt good, the whole family together on a sunny morning in a wholesome environment. If it hadn't been for the warshiping God part, he would have h… - Tom Perrotta
It felt good, the whole family together on a sunny morning in a wholesome environment. If it hadn't been for the warshiping God part, he would have h…
They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, an… - Tom Perrotta
They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, an…
When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots. - Tom Perrotta
When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.
I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost lo… - Tom Perrotta
I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost lo…
It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness. - Tom Perrotta
It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.
He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood. - Tom Perrotta
He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood.
I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump. - Tom Perrotta
I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump.
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