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Jonathan Tropper, born in February 1970, is an American writer known for his humorous and emotionally deep works, which mainly focus on modern urban life and interpersonal relationships.

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Famous Jonathan Tropper Quotes

“You lost your wife, Douglas. My heartbreaks for you, it really does. But I lose my husband every day, all over again. And I don’t even get to mourn.”

Doe Lost Loses Wife Husband My Husband Mourn

Book:How To Talk To A Widower

Source: How To Talk To A Widower

“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.”

Knows Life Looks Lost Can Do Wise Fronts Being Wise Measuring

Book:This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel

Source: This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel

“It's hard to imagine her ever having felt lost, but it's impossible to know the people your parents were before they were your parents.”

People Knows Hard Lost Felt Parent Imagine Impossible

Book:This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel

Source: This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel

“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.”

People Long Happens Past Universe Lost Behinds Break And Love Things Happen Tails Our Past Trails Comets

Book:This Is Where I Leave You

Source: This Is Where I Leave You

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

Giving Lost Comfort

Book:One Last Thing Before I Go: A Novel

Source: One Last Thing Before I Go: A Novel

“It's true. somewhere inside us we are all the ages we have ever been. We're the 3 year old who got bit by the dog. We're the 6 year old our mother lost track of at the mall. We're the 10 year old who get tickled till we wet our pants. We're the 13 year old shy kid with zits. We're the 16 year old no one asked to the prom, and so on. We walk around in the bodies of adults until someone presses the right button and summons up one of those kids.”

Years Body Kids Age Mother Lost Bits Walks Dog Adults Presses Track Shy Pants Wet Buttons Malls Prom Zits

Author:Jonathan Tropper

About the Author

Born: February 19, 1970
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 92

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