Quotes from Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers

Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.

Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while.

It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.

These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.

It's a matter of dignity, " the Chief explained. "At a certain point, that's all you have left.