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Matthew Quick Quotes | Quotes said by Matthew Quick

  • Matthew Quick Quote #1

    (...) and as I sat in bed thinking of the many good things that had to happen all over the world in order to even out and nullify the horrible bad things that had happened to Mom and me, I started to see why Mom believed in the Good Luck of Right Now. Believing - or maybe even pretending - made you feel better about what had happened, regardless of what was true and what wasn't.
    And what is reality, if it isn't how we feel about things?
    what else matters at the end of the day when we lie in bed alone with our thoughts?
    and isn't it true, statistically speaking - regardless of whether we believe in luck or not - that good and bad must happen simultaneously all over the world?


  • Matthew Quick Quote #2

    ... Kenny G is extremely talented and resourceful and a powerful force to be reckoned with ... Mr. G might not seem evil, but I fear him more than any other human being.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #3

    ...Daisy doesn't even go to his funeral, Nick and Jordan part ways, and Daisy ends up sticking with racist Tom... you can tell Fitzgerald never took the time to look up at clouds during sunset, because there's no silver lining at the end of that book, let me tell you.

    I do see why Nikki likes the novel, as it's written so well. But her liking it makes me worry now that Nikki really doesn't believe in silver linings, because she says The Great Gatsby is the greatest novel ever written by an American, and yet it ends so sadly. One thing's for sure, Nikki is going to be very proud of me when I tell her I finally read her favorite book. -Silver Linings Playbook, p. 9

  • Matthew Quick Quote #4

    ...I am uncontrollable and dangerous. But of course I do not say this to Jake, mostly because he has never been locked up and doesn't understand what it feels like to lose control, and he only wants to watch the football game now, and none of this means anything to him, because he has never been married and he has never lost someone like Nikki and he is not trying to improve his life at all, because he doesn't ever feel the war that goes on in my chest every single fucking day--the chemical explosions that light up my skull like the Fourth of July and the awful needs and impulses and...

  • Matthew Quick Quote #5

    ...I like the way Chee kept God magical, sorta like Santa Claus when you're a kid. More priests should take this approach, because there is a frickin' reason why Santa Claus is more popular than Jesus nowadays.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #6

    A lot of female teachers do this - flirt with male students. I wonder if that's the only way they know how to interact with men. Like they use their sexuality to get what they want.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #7

    After I returned to New Jersey, I thought I was safe, because I did not think Kenny G could leave the bad place, which I realize is silly now - because Kenny G is extremely talented and resourceful and a powerful force to be reckoned with.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #8

    Air goes in and out
    of my nose, throat, lungs, blood, heart
    brain - and so I am

  • Matthew Quick Quote #9

    Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent it, mostly because they’re not strong enough to do the same.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #10

    And I still love you in my own fucked-up way. I miss you, I really do. Can we still be friends?

  • Matthew Quick Quote #11

    And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, because he had his music, and that was so much better than anything we had to offer.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #12

    Haven't you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?

  • Matthew Quick Quote #13

    He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the conflicting impulses, the needs, the desperation, everything that makes her different from Ronnie and Veronica, who have each other and their daughter, Emily, and a good income and a house and everything else that keeps people from calling them odd.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #14

    I am not weak and can control my mind really well.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #15

    I believe in happy endings, and i feel this movie has advanced long enough.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #16

    I can always look up at the cosmos and marvel, no matter what happens. And when I look up at it, I feel as though my problems are small. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #17

    I found posts about how to slit your wrists the right way, so you will actually die, and that depressed me, because people actually post stuff like that, and even though I wanted to know the answer, so I could weigh my options, that info maybe shouldn't be on the internet...
    But really - why do some people post the correct ways to commit suicide on the internet? Do they want weird, sad people like me to go away permanently? Do they think it's a good idea for some people to off themselves? How can you tell when you are one of those people who should slash his wrists the right way with a razor blade? Is there an answer for that too? I Googled but nothing concrete came up. Just ways to complete the mission. Not justification.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #18

    I still believe you fell into my life for a reason.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #19

    I was right; just as soon as you take the first step toward getting to know someone your own age, everything you thought was magical about that person turns to shit right in front of your face

  • Matthew Quick Quote #20

    I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been able to sell anything, and my bank account was down to zero, and all of my friends were like 'What are you doing in the basement, when are you going to get a real job?', and my parents thought I'd completely lost it.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #21

    I write about people who are usually damaged or neglected by society finding each other and forming relationships that are quite extraordinary and in some cases life-saving. I've had a few of those relationships, which I value highly.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #22

    I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do.
    I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #23

    I've seen the way you've been looking at me. Don't bullshit me, Pat. I live in the addition around back, which is completely separate from the house, so there's no chance of my parents walking in on us. I hate the fact that you wore a football jersey to dinner, but you can fuck me as long as we turn the lights out first. Okay?

  • Matthew Quick Quote #24

    I’m a screwed-up person who no longer
    knows how to communicate with the people I love. But I meant everything I told you in my letter.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #25

    it’s a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end

  • Matthew Quick Quote #26

    Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back... I'm telling you.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #27

    Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #28

    Look, sometimes it’s OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it’s not because they've got a broken wing and they’re hurt and they’re an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that it’s mended and you’re getting in the way of that right now, okay, because she’s sensitive and she’s smart, she’s artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, you’re a better guy than this.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #29

    Miracles happen on Christmas, Pat. Everybody knows that shit.

  • Matthew Quick Quote #30

    Mom could make small things seem miraculous. That was her talent.

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