Peter John

“And as the room starts to fill with the first somber-faced neighbors coming to pay their respects, it becomes clear to me that the reason for filling the shiva house with visitors is most likely to prevent the mourners from tearing each other limb from limb.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“Driving a Porsche is like fucking a model,” he says, and he would know. “It will never feel as good as it looks.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“We read off the ancient Hebrew words, with no idea of what they might mean, and the congregation responds with more words that they don’t understand either. We are gathered together on a Saturday morning to speak gibberish to each other, and you would think, in these godless times, that the experience would be empty, but somehow it isn’t.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“There is nothing sadder than sitting in a car and having absolutely nowhere to go.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You