“As always, the first instant he sees her, he can feel his heart shut down, the way you do in those first moment after impact, or, he supposes, when you're drowning. Love or panic. The two have always been fairly… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
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… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“There's always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.” — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“In my family, we don’t so much air our grievances as wallow in them. Anger and resentment are cumulative.” — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“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… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“Being gay is like taking a crash course in human nature,” he says. “Your first real glimpse at the dirty underbelly of routine social… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“It's just hard to see people from your past when your present is so cataclysmically fucked.” — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical. — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“Few things are more pathetic than an unemployed man with a business card. P.15” — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“We knew marriage could be difficult in the same way that we knew there were starving children in Africa. It was a tragic fact… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“attractive women in the early stages of disrepair, fighting to keep age at bay with facials, compression undergarments, and aggressively fashionable skirts bought off… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
