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You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've lost. I know this to be wise and true, just as I know that pretty much no one can do it.

Jonathan Tropper

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Jonathan Tropper
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 19
Executive Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Riverdale
New York City
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Lost
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Pity, I've learned, is like a fart. You can tolerate your own, but you simply can't stand anyone else's.
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And even if you didn't fall in love in the eighties, in your mind it will feel like the eighties, all innocent and airbrushed, with bright colors and shoulder pads and Pat Benetar or the Cure on the soundtrack.
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There are no happy endings, just happy days, happy moments. The only real ending is death, and trust me, no one dies happy. And the price of not dying is that things change all the time, and the only thing you can count on is that there's not a thing you can do about it.
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Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up.
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Love made us partners in narcissism, and we talked ceaselessly about how close we were, how perfect our connection was, like we were the first people in history to ever get it exactly right.
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...you realize that you don't understand yourself any better than you understand anyone else.
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As far as rapprochements go, it's awkward and vague, but the advantage of being as emotionally inarticulate as we are is that it will do the trick.
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I’m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.
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Fate already warned us to pack it in. We just didn’t hear it in time.
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I'm really not a fan of voiceovers I think they become a crutch.
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At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without thinking about it.
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Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.
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I've never been shot, but this probably what it feels like, that second of nothingness right before the pain catches up to the bullet.
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Don't you think if I was able to make some changes, I would have already?
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We're all clichés, all following scripts that have been written and played out long before we landed the role.
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I blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.
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