--- title: "1 Like Tornado Quotes By Rob Thomas" description: "1 Like Tornado quotes by Rob Thomas. Plus more from Rob Thomas and more Like Tornado sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/rob-thomas-8849_blow_tragedy-blows-through-your-life-like-a-t_1504652.png" --- > [Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything, creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle, and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/tragedy-blows-through-your-life-like-a-tornado-uprooting-everything/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/rob-thomas-8849_blow_tragedy-blows-through-your-life-like-a-t_1504652.png) ## More by Rob Thomas > [… Our lives are made in these small hours, these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate. Time falls away, but these small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/our-lives-are-made-in-these-small-hours-these-little-wonders-these/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [People think that we're crazy because we do six nights a week. I would physically not be able to take it, especially when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/people-think-that-we-re-crazy-because-we-do-six-nights-a-week-i-would/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [“ I asked for a pony. And year after year I'm disappointed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/i-asked-for-a-pony-and-year-after-year-i-m-disappointed/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [We're all looking for something, something to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/we-re-all-looking-for-something-something-to-be/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [Teenage years are hard. And, having taught high school for a number of years, I think they're particularly hard on teenage girls. The most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/teenage-years-are-hard-and-having-taught-high-school-for-a-number-of/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [Reading 'Youth in Revolt' might have ruined my career because suddenly I wanted to abandon all the emotional truth of something and just go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/reading-youth-in-revolt-might-have-ruined-my-career-because-suddenly/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [“And she’d also found Logan again. Now he was her … what? New-old boyfriend? Lover? Skype buddy? Pen pal with benefits? Whatever his title,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/and-she-d-also-found-logan-again-now-he-was-her-what-new-old/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [One reason I relate to 'Veronica Mars' fans is because I can totally geek out about shows. I mean, I write Vince Gilligan fan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/one-reason-i-relate-to-veronica-mars-fans-is-because-i-can-totally/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [It's funny: I always, as a high school teacher and particularly as a high school yearbook teacher, because yearbook staffs are 90 percent female,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/it-s-funny-i-always-as-a-high-school-teacher-and-particularly-as-a/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [“Ah, the twin pillars of outrage journalism: slut shaming and victim blaming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/ah-the-twin-pillars-of-outrage-journalism-slut-shaming-and-victim/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [I've had the pleasure of working closely with Marc Von Em as a singer, but when I heard his original stuff, I asked him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/i-ve-had-the-pleasure-of-working-closely-with-marc-von-em-as-a-singer/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [I could not finance a movie on my own. Frankly, I could not even afford to take a year off. I, like most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/i-could-not-finance-a-movie-on-my-own-frankly-i-could-not-even-afford/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [Ryan Hansen is my favorite person on the planet. He is my discovery. I'm so proud of him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/ryan-hansen-is-my-favorite-person-on-the-planet-he-is-my-discovery-i/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [I love 'Arrested Development.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/i-love-arrested-development/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) > [I started my career as a novelist. 'Veronica Mars' was first imagined as a novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/i-started-my-career-as-a-novelist-veronica-mars-was-first-imagined-as/) [Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-tornado/rob-thomas/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Tornado Quotes By Rob Thomas", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything, creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle, and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild. Because after disaster strikes, the important thing is that you move on. 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