--- title: "4 Grieving Quotes By Jonathan Tropper" description: "4 Grieving quotes by Jonathan Tropper. Plus more from Jonathan Tropper and more Grieving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/jonathan-tropper-1555_grief_there-s-always-a-last-time-if-you-could_19903.jpg" --- > [“There's always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/there-s-always-a-last-time-if-you-could-remember-every-last-time-you/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/jonathan-tropper-1555_grief_there-s-always-a-last-time-if-you-could_19903.jpg) > [You never know when it will be the last time you'll see your father, or kiss your wife, or play with your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/you-never-know-when-it-will-be-the-last-time-you-ll-see-your-father/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/jonathan-tropper-1555_brother_you-never-know-when-it-will-be-the-last_1067923.jpg) > [“If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/if-you-could-remember-every-last-time-you-d-never-stop-grieving/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/jonathan-tropper-1555_grieving_if-you-could-remember-every-last-time-yo_1598716.jpg) > [“But we are not going to talk about that right now, because to talk about it I'll have to think about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/but-we-are-not-going-to-talk-about-that-right-now-because-to-talk/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/jonathan-tropper-1555_death_but-we-are-not-going-to-talk-about-that_2505631.jpg) ## Other authors on Grieving - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-colmes-10284.jpg) Ranata Suzuki 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/ranata-suzuki/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/william-shakespeare/) - [Mark Twain 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892.jpg) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-dessen-83191.jpg) Sarah Dessen 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/sarah-dessen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sheryl-sandberg-84955.jpg) Sheryl Sandberg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/sheryl-sandberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-doty-64139.jpg) Mark Doty 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/mark-doty/) - [Judy Tatelbaum 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/judy-tatelbaum/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-lamott-13804.jpg) Anne Lamott 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/anne-lamott/) ## More by Jonathan Tropper > [The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/the-thing-about-living-alone-is-that-it-gives-you-a-lot-of-time-to/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“Phillip, who is congenitally incapable of moderation,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/phillip-who-is-congenitally-incapable-of-moderation/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“There's always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/there-s-always-a-last-time-if-you-could-remember-every-last-time-you/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“In my family, we don’t so much air our grievances as wallow in them. Anger and resentment are cumulative.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/in-my-family-we-don-t-so-much-air-our-grievances-as-wallow-in-them/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“Do I really look so pathetic to all of you? Like I couldn't possibly meet someone on my own? Half the people in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/do-i-really-look-so-pathetic-to-all-of-you-like-i-couldn-t-possibly/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/i-still-enjoy-the-tactile-sensation-of-holding-a-book-but-when-i-need/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“Being gay is like taking a crash course in human nature,” he says. “Your first real glimpse at the dirty underbelly of routine social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/being-gay-is-like-taking-a-crash-course-in-human-nature-he-says-your/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“It's just hard to see people from your past when your present is so cataclysmically fucked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/it-s-just-hard-to-see-people-from-your-past-when-your-present-is-so/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/i-occasionally-experience-the-discomfort-of-people-assuming-my-work/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“Few things are more pathetic than an unemployed man with a business card. P.15”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/few-things-are-more-pathetic-than-an-unemployed-man-with-a-business/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“We knew marriage could be difficult in the same way that we knew there were starving children in Africa. It was a tragic fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/we-knew-marriage-could-be-difficult-in-the-same-way-that-we-knew/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“attractive women in the early stages of disrepair, fighting to keep age at bay with facials, compression undergarments, and aggressively fashionable skirts bought off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/attractive-women-in-the-early-stages-of-disrepair-fighting-to-keep/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [As far as rapprochements go, it's awkward and vague, but the advantage of being as emotionally inarticulate as we are is that it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/as-far-as-rapprochements-go-it-s-awkward-and-vague-but-the-advantage/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/i-m-a-big-action-junkie-i-grew-up-on-the-80s-action-movies-the-bad/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) > [“shudders and seems to sink a bit further. “And the contractor is running two other jobs in the neighborhood. The Jacobsons, he’s redoing their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/shudders-and-seems-to-sink-a-bit-further-and-the-contractor-is/) [Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/jonathan-tropper/#itemlist", "name": "4 Grieving Quotes By Jonathan Tropper", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There's always a last time. 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