Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers Quotes
Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.
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.
Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while.
These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.
I’m only human, she told herself. There’s not enough room in my heart for everyone.
That’s why we get involved with other people, right? Not just for their bodies, but for everything else, too – their dreams and their scars and their stories.
It’s a matter of dignity, ” the Chief explained. “At a certain point, that’s all you have left.
