Jonathan Tropper

“Childhood feels so permanent,”

— Jonathan Tropper

You never have to change a book for budget.

— Jonathan Tropper

“The only difference between a rut and a grave is depth.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“If so, how do we feel about it?” “We are numb.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“In my defense, I was young and there was an open bar.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“If at first you don't succeed, lower you expectations”

— Jonathan Tropper

I may not be old but I’m too old to have this much nothing

— Jonathan Tropper

“Whatever the opposite of a plan is, that's what I've got.”

— Jonathan Tropper

That's the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.

— Jonathan Tropper

“If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“And nothing can be resolved until each of you has come to appreciate the other's position”

— Jonathan Tropper

“Driving a Porsche is like fucking a model. It will never feel as good as it looks.”

— Jonathan Tropper

Loneliness is the theme, and I play it like a symphony, in endless variations.

— Jonathan Tropper

I’m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.

— Jonathan Tropper

“You get married to have an ally against your family, and now I'm heading into the trenches alone.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we’d never leave our bedrooms.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Due to some mental hiccup I can’t explain, when I think of God, I picture Hugh Hefner: a thin, angular man with…

— Jonathan Tropper

“...and if you want to know where all the good guys are, we're standing right in front of you, lacking the balls…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I'm not the same person I was. I'm fucked up." I give her a sideways glance. "I am," she says. "You haven't…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I want someone who will love me and touch me and understand me and let me take care of them, but beyond…

— Jonathan Tropper

“We knew marriage could be difficult in the same way that we knew there were starving children in Africa. It was a…

— Jonathan Tropper

“[T]here are some people out there who don't wait for what comes next. They decide what should come next and they go…

— Jonathan Tropper

“[N]o one ever eats an ice-cream cone at a funeral, or a fire. The Red Cross doesn't drop ice-cream cones into third-world…

— Jonathan Tropper

We are all smiling in the picture, three brothers having a grand old time just playing around in the living room, no…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I work for the Spandler Corporation. We are a three-hundred-million-dollar business, with offices in twelve states. We have over five hundred employees.…

— Jonathan Tropper

↑ top up position down The fact that I suspect I'm an asshole means I probably am not, because a real asshole…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Do you believe in God?” “Not really,” he said. “No.” “Then why do we come here?” He sucked thoughtfully on his Tums…

— Jonathan Tropper

I loved her for the way she embraced the unknown, how she opened herself up to every experience. When I was with…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Things have been going too well for me lately. I feel like I have some bad karma headed my way.” Tamara frowns…

— Jonathan Tropper

“It took him four months for him to die, three more than the oncologists had predicted. "Your dad's a fighter," they would…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Our sages say burying someone is considered the truest form of kindness and respect, as the deceased will not be able to…

— Jonathan Tropper

Sometimes you walk past a pretty girl on the street there's something beyond beauty in her face, something warm and smart and…

— Jonathan Tropper

“We read off the ancient Hebrew words, with no idea of what they might mean, and the congregation responds with more words…

— Jonathan Tropper

“The sky is fucking with me. It's one of those militantly perfect spring days, the kind that seems to be trying just…

— Jonathan Tropper

Obviously it's easier when I' m doing the adapting myself. But my feeling is, your potential upside far outweighs the downside. Ultimately,…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Someone should sing, Silver thinks, and then someone does-a low, somewhat hoarse man's voice singing "Amazing Grace" quietly but with great sincerity.…

— Jonathan Tropper

“An old girlfriend is a gun in your belly. It's no longer loaded, so when you see her, all you feel is…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Jen shakes her head sadly and I can see her lower lip trembling, the tear that's starting to form in the corner…

— Jonathan Tropper