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Tom Perrotta quotes: It was a good day for a parade, sunny and unseasonably warm, the sky a Sunday school cartoon of heaven.

It was a good day for a parade, sunny and unseasonably warm, the sky a Sunday school cartoon of heaven.

Tom Perrotta quotes: It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Because, really, what was worse than lying wide-awake in the dark, watching your life drip away, one irreplaceable minute after another?

Because, really, what was worse than lying wide-awake in the dark, watching your life drip away, one irreplaceable minute after another?

Tom Perrotta quotes: The cause of what they called the "Sudden Departure" remained unknown,

The cause of what they called the "Sudden Departure" remained unknown,

Tom Perrotta quotes: We all basically live in a world that we define by the people who have disappeared.

We all basically live in a world that we define by the people who have disappeared.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Your poor lungs." "We're not gonna live long enough to get cancer. The Bible says there's just seven years of Tribulation after the Rapture.

Your poor lungs." "We're not gonna live long enough to get cancer. The Bible says there's just seven years of Tribulation after the Rapture.

Tom Perrotta quotes: It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.

It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Things change all the time - abruptly, unpredictably, and often for no good reason. But knowing that didn't do you that much good, apparently.

Things change all the time - abruptly, unpredictably, and often for no good reason. But knowing that didn't do you that much good, apparently.

Tom Perrotta quotes: He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.

He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.

I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Blissfully unaware of the beautiful tradition they'd been chosen to uphold.

Blissfully unaware of the beautiful tradition they'd been chosen to uphold.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

Tom Perrotta quotes: these leftover memories

these leftover memories

Tom Perrotta quotes: NO SHOES? WE LOVE YOU!

NO SHOES? WE LOVE YOU!

Tom Perrotta quotes: Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.

Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.

Tom Perrotta quotes: It had expanded in a nice, welcoming way, becoming ever rounder and softer without losing its essential shapeliness

It had expanded in a nice, welcoming way, becoming ever rounder and softer without losing its essential shapeliness

Tom Perrotta quotes: Something that had possibly caused the distance between us, but might also bring us back together.

Something that had possibly caused the distance between us, but might also bring us back together.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Maybe that's what we look for in the people we love, the spark of unhappiness we think we know how to extinguish.

Maybe that's what we look for in the people we love, the spark of unhappiness we think we know how to extinguish.

Tom Perrotta quotes: We don't smoke for enjoyment. We smoke to proclaim our faith.

We don't smoke for enjoyment. We smoke to proclaim our faith.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I've matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.

I've matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

Tom Perrotta quotes: As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

Tom Perrotta quotes: The lesson you have to learn as novelist is how to be collaborative, and how to say, "I don't get to dictate this."

The lesson you have to learn as novelist is how to be collaborative, and how to say, "I don't get to dictate this."

Tom Perrotta quotes: I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Except for a small strip of shin that poked out from between the top of his socks and the bottom of his pants, his legs were purely theoretical.

Except for a small strip of shin that poked out from between the top of his socks and the bottom of his pants, his legs were purely theoretical.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.

I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'

Tom Perrotta quotes: As if adult males were completely self-sufficient beings, as if a penis and a five o'clock shadow were all they would ever need to get by.

As if adult males were completely self-sufficient beings, as if a penis and a five o'clock shadow were all they would ever need to get by.

Tom Perrotta quotes: My wife and I left New York when she got pregnant - we just thought it would be really hard to stay in the city.

My wife and I left New York when she got pregnant - we just thought it would be really hard to stay in the city.

Tom Perrotta quotes: He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood.

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 quotes: The world she'd been raised to live in no longer existed.

The world she'd been raised to live in no longer existed.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I'm only human, she told herself. There's not enough room in my heart for everyone.

I'm only human, she told herself. There's not enough room in my heart for everyone.

Tom Perrotta quotes: When your words are futile, you're better off keeping them to yourself, or never even thinking them in the first place.

When your words are futile, you're better off keeping them to yourself, or never even thinking them in the first place.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Once you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not.

Once you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not.

Tom Perrotta quotes: These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.

These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Back then, when everybody thought the world would last forever, nobody had time for anything.

Back then, when everybody thought the world would last forever, nobody had time for anything.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I did a lot of reading of the Bible and became fascinated with the idea of the Rapture. It's pretty wild. I hadn't heard of it until I was in

I did a lot of reading of the Bible and became fascinated with the idea of the Rapture. It's pretty wild. I hadn't heard of it until I was in college.

Tom Perrotta quotes: When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.

Tom Perrotta quotes: If anything, he seemed a little lonely, all too ready to open his heart at the slightest sign of interst.

If anything, he seemed a little lonely, all too ready to open his heart at the slightest sign of interst.

Tom Perrotta quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It's like the human race has been programmed for misery.

It's like the human race has been programmed for misery.

Tom Perrotta quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I no longer believe that just about everything is funny, if viewed from the proper angle.

I no longer believe that just about everything is funny, if viewed from the proper angle.

Tom Perrotta quotes: It's a matter of dignity," the Chief explained. "At a certain point, that's all you have left.

It's a matter of dignity," the Chief explained. "At a certain point, that's all you have left.

Tom Perrotta quotes: 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.

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 quotes: She wasn't a tragic widow, after all, just another woman betrayed by a selfish man. It was a smaller, more familiar role, and a lot easier to play.

She wasn't a tragic widow, after all, just another woman betrayed by a selfish man. It was a smaller, more familiar role, and a lot easier to play.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Some subjects mixed well with weed, but Chemistry wasn't one of them.

Some subjects mixed well with weed, but Chemistry wasn't one of them.

Tom Perrotta quotes: My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.

My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Just a dark shape against an even darker background.

Just a dark shape against an even darker background.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while.

Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while.

Tom Perrotta quotes: It was like traveling back in time, meeting the person you used to be, and recognizing her as a friend.

It was like traveling back in time, meeting the person you used to be, and recognizing her as a friend.

Tom Perrotta quotes: A girl from his English class who'd overdosed on sleeping pills after learning of the disappearance of her identical twin.

A girl from his English class who'd overdosed on sleeping pills after learning of the disappearance of her identical twin.

Tom Perrotta quotes: Oddly emphatic, as if she'd been waiting all day for a chance to discuss the weather.

Oddly emphatic, as if she'd been waiting all day for a chance to discuss the weather.

Tom Perrotta quotes: There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. (67)

There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. (67)

Tom Perrotta quotes: Kissing her just then felt perfectly normal and completely self-explanatory, the only possible course of action.

Kissing her just then felt perfectly normal and completely self-explanatory, the only possible course of action.

Tom Perrotta quotes: It's like the Stone Age over there, just sand and rubble and IEDs.

It's like the Stone Age over there, just sand and rubble and IEDs.

Tom Perrotta quotes: There was no dignified way to answer a question about your underwear.

There was no dignified way to answer a question about your underwear.

Tom Perrotta quotes: 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.

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.

Tom Perrotta quotes: I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.

I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.

Tom Perrotta quotes: What a beautiful bird, they kept telling one another, which was a weird thing to say about a dead thing without a head.

What a beautiful bird, they kept telling one another, which was a weird thing to say about a dead thing without a head.