Frasi di Jonathan Tropper

„Ti dà fastidio se fumo?"
Non rispondo perché non avrebbe importanza. Non puoi permettere che il tuo cane caghi sul marciapiede, ma è perfettamente accettabile soffiare sostanze cancerogene giù per la gola deglia altri. A un certo punto i fumatori si sono autoesentati dalle regole del contratto sociale.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

This is Where I Leave You

„Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: The Book of Joe (2005), 2014-January-15 http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Book_of_Joe.html?id=_T5MCwAL4owC,

„You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've lost. I know this to be wise and true, just as I know that pretty much no one can do it.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

This Is Where I Leave You (2009), 2014-January-15 http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You.html?id=3jVps2Z9LQcC,
Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

This Is Where I Leave You (2009), 2014-January-15 http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You.html?id=3jVps2Z9LQcC,
Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„We all start out so damn sure, thinking we've got the world on a string. If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we'd never leave our bedrooms.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„You're terrified of being alone. Anything you do now will be motivated by that fear. You have to stop worrying about finding love again. It will come when it comes. Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„You never know when it will be the last time you'll see your father, or kiss your wife, or play with your little brother, but there's always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„And I just want to tell you, at some point it doesn’t matter who was right and who was wrong. At some point, being
angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning
yourself without thinking about it.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your father's coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„I loved her for so long. Our past trails behind us like a comet's tail, the future stretched out before us like the universe. Things happen. People get lost and love breaks.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„We are injured and angry, scared and sad. Some families, like some couples, become toxic to each other after prolonged exposure.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

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

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„Phillip is the Paul McCartney of our family: better-looking than the rest of us, always facing a different direction in pictures, and occasionally rumored to be dead.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've lost.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„Love made us partners in narcissism, and we talked ceaselessly about how close we were, how perfect our connection was, like we were the first people in history to ever get it exactly right.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without thinking about it.“

—  Jonathan Tropper

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

—  Jonathan Tropper

Origine: This is Where I Leave You

„Sometimes it’s heartbreaking to see your siblings as the people they’ve become. Maybe that’s why we all stay away from each other as a matter of course.“

—  Jonathan Tropper