Meg was going to have to learn for herself what Laurie had figured out over the summer - that it was better to leave well enough alone, to avoid unnecessary encounters with the people you'd left behind, to not keep poking at that sore tooth with the tip of your tongue. Not because you didn't love them anymore, but because you did, and because that love was useless now, just another dull ache in your phantom limb. β¨ The Leftovers. Book by Tom Perrotta, August 30, 2011.
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- Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while. β¨ The Leftovers. Book by Tom Perrotta, August 30, 2011.
- To this day, sheβs still sad. Because thereβs not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. Iβm just saying that I took the pain that was inside o β¦ βΆ
- He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood. β¨ Tom Perrotta (2006). Joe College: A Novel, p.48, Macmillan
- Because, really, what was worse than lying wide-awake in the dark, watching your life drip away, one irreplaceable minute after another?
- It felt good, the whole family together on a sunny morning in a wholesome environment. If it hadn't been for the warshiping God part, he would have happily attended church on a regular basis. β¨ Tom P β¦ βΆ
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