As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.
Tom PerrottaAfter 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 PerrottaIf anything, he seemed a little lonely, all too ready to open his heart at the slightest sign of interst.
Tom PerrottaShe would be a mentor and an inspiration to girls like herself, the quiet ones who'd sleepwalked their way through high school, knowing nothing except that they couldn't possibly be happy with any of the choices the world seemed to be offering them.
Tom Perrotta