There are some people out there who don't wait for what comes next. They decide what should come next and they go and make it happen.

—Jonathan Tropper in One Last Thing Before I Go

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About Jonathan Tropper

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Jonathan Tropper (born February 19, 1970) is an American author, writer, director, and producer. He is best known as the co-creator of the Cinemax television series Banshee (2013–2016) and as the creator of the Cinemax series Warrior (2019–2023) and the Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors (2025–present).

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Sometimes you walk past a pretty girl on the street and there's something beyond beauty in her face, something warm and smart and sensual and inviting, and in the three seconds you have to look at her, you actually fall in love, and in those moments, you can actually know the taste of her kiss, the feel of her skin against yours, the sound of her laugh, how she'll look at you and make you whole. And then she's gone, and in the five seconds afterward, you mourn her loss with more sadness than you'll ever admit to.

—Jonathan Tropper

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It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.

—Jonathan Tropper in This is Where I Leave You

Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up.

—Jonathan Tropper in This is Where I Leave You

Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your father's coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything.

—Jonathan Tropper in This is Where I Leave You

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You have to stop worrying about finding love again. It will come when it comes. Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.

—Jonathan Tropper in This is Where I Leave You

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What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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I don't know what I'm doing in the next five minutes and she has the next ten years figured out.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak

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We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

—Mary McCarthy

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You know how it feels right before a tornado hits? I mean when the sky’s still clear, but the wind’s starting to cool off and change direction. You know something’s coming, but you don’t always know what. That’s how things feel to me right now.

—P.C. Cast in Betrayed

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