236 Quotes by Jonathan Tropper

When did being right become worthless, and being at fault irrelevant?

The gravedigger looks like Santa Claus, and I don’t believe for a minute he doesn’t know it. With his long white beard and stout build, he has to know the effect of wearing a red and white anorak and how inappropriate the whole getup looks in the Mount Zion Cemetery.

Forgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you’ve lost.

As soon as he saw her face, he knew what it would look like when she ended it.

Relationships don’t come with a warranty and being in love is no guarantee of a happy ending.

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.

I was as sure as I could humanly be, and still, I failed. So what do you think your chances are if you’ve already got serious doubts?

As far as rapprochements go, it’s awkward and vague, but the advantage of being as emotionally inarticulate as we are is that it will do the trick.

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