Tom Perrotta Quote

He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson that Sarah taught him everyday—that beauty was only a part of it, and not even the most important part, that there were transactions between people that occurred on some mysterious level beneath the skin, or maybe even beyond the body.


Little Children: A Novel (ed. Macmillan, 2007) - ISBN: 9781429907828


He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson...

He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson...

He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson...

He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson...