After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any given moment, all the while pretending that theyโd actually made some sort of choice.
Tom PerrottaThere's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it.
Tom PerrottaMy mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that particular drama plays out. Which isn't to say that there aren't parents and children in cities or on farms. I just don't know them.
Tom PerrottaIf anything, he seemed a little lonely, all too ready to open his heart at the slightest sign of interst.
Tom Perrotta