Quotes from book
The Leftovers

Name: The Leftovers
Author: Tom Perrotta

The Leftovers is a 2011 novel by American author Tom Perrotta chronicling life on earth after a rapture-like event takes some and leaves others behind. The billions left behind are all touched by the loss of loved ones in the "Sudden Departure", compounded by the significant social and philosophical concerns and implications of what it means to be left behind, when others were chosen.

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

Tom Perrotta book The Leftovers

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“There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. (67)”

Tom Perrotta book The Leftovers

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“That’s why we get involved with other people, right? Not just for their bodies, but for everything else, too – their dreams and their scars and their stories.”

Tom Perrotta book The Leftovers

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“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.”

Tom Perrotta book The Leftovers

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