Tracy Flick Can't Win Quotes

“I try not to think too much about those days now - let the past be past. The truth is, we're all prisoners of our historical context. Anybody who says morality is absolute, that right and wrong don't change over time, you know what? They just haven't lived long enough. (Page 33)”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“But it wasn't really about her looks; there was just this current running between us, a really strong connection. Her absence always felt abrupt and unfair when we parted at the end of the day, like someone had unplugged the radio in the middle of a good song. (Page 37)”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“It was easy to forget, when you were a grown-up and high school was safely in the past, how it felt to be a captive audience, the way time could stand still in a classroom, and one bad teacher could poison your entire life.”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“There's this other guy," I said. "He ate a really big sandwich."


Lily Chu, page 88”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“the false promises of digital technology and social networking. It wasn’t bringing us together; it was making us lonelier and more selfish, less connected to our flesh-and-blood neighbors.”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“It was going to be awkward, though, seeing him again at the ceremony, listening to him make a speech that would undoubtedly be witty and touching, but would omit the essential truth, which was that they’d loved each other for a while, and then he’d broken her heart.”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“I try not to think too much about those days now—let the past be past. The truth is, we’re all prisoners of our historical context. Anybody who says morality is absolute, that right and wrong don’t change over time, you know what? They just haven’t lived long enough.”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“I’ve paid my dues,” I told him. “I’ve learned a lot from Jack Weede, and from you, and I’ve formed strong working relationships throughout the building. With all due respect, I believe I’m the most qualified person to lead Green Meadow High School into the twenty-first century.”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

“And then, Lance walked out on her right after the holidays, no warning at all, unless you count years of unhappiness as a warning.”
― Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win