Quote by Tom Perrotta Download Open image ““I was supposed to have a son.”” — Tom Perrotta ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“But I don't think she ever figured on raising a son by herself. Her family was supposed to form a circle. Now we walk… — Kendare Blake Copy Share Image
“There are lots of things sons shouldn’t imagine about their mothers, above all what it was like to become one.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
“It's just lucky for Father he never had any sons. He might have been forced to respect them.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“You stared at the stranger in front of you and decided, categorically, that this was no longer your son. Or you made the decision… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“One would have said he was his son's servant rather than his father.” — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“she said, "Whether you are the younger son or the elder son, you have to realize that you are called to become the father.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“You are my son, then, I'll tell you' and your mother was a wicked slut to leave you in ignorance of the sort of… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
“By the time a man realises that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he is wrong.” — Charles Wadsworth Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“As far as I could tell, he earned his hundred thousand a year by wandering the hallway with a Styrofoam cup of coffee, smiling… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“thinking how good it was to be free, away from the baby and from Tom, too, the two people who couldn’t help reminding her… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“She took care of evyone with the same no-nonsense air of friendliness and good cheer that made her seem so paradoxically wholesome, as if… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
Back then, when everybody thought the world would last forever, nobody had time for anything. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“Stan and Rudy are grown men. It's too late to shape their minds, to teach them values and a sense of compassion. You have… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
You could say that this book is ripped from the headlines, but that wouldn't be fair. Bret Anthony Johnston's riveting novel picks up where… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
The interesting part about the writing process is that you can never see all the way to the end, not if something is happening… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“Something had happened to him ove the past couple of years, something to do with being home with Aaron, sinking into the rhythm of… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“They were good listeners, worldly yet easily shocked, hungry for details, curious and nonjudgmental at the same time, always happy to give advice, but… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image