Quote by Tom Perrotta
I read The Great Gatsby in high school and was hypnotized by the b

I read The Great Gatsby in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love. – Tom Perrotta

Other quotes by Tom Perrotta

I think Im fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, its impossible to ignore. – Tom Perrotta

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Religion
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I dont really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when Im writing. The two go together – Im interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes. – Tom Perrotta

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Sympathy
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When I was writing The Abstinence Teacher, I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture. – Tom Perrotta

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teacher
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For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled. – Hunter S. Thompson

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Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. – Hannah Arendt

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Its sad when girls think they dont have anything going on except being pretty. – Keri Russell

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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Every day we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss. – Paulo Coelho

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Fairy Tales

Since Ive been in the U.S. Ive lost the back of my heart, 15 ft. of intestine and my marriage – and God, I miss my intestine. – Nigel Lythgoe

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Marriage

If you look back on the breakups that youve had, whether its a long relationship or a one-night stand, its always awkward. – Patrick Wilson

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