Body Quote by Tom Perrotta

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

— Tom Perrotta

“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

“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

It's like the human race has been programmed for misery.

— Tom Perrotta

“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

Back then, when everybody thought the world would last forever, nobody had time for anything.

— Tom Perrotta

“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

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

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

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

“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

“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