I opened up to you and you judge me Matthew Quick More Quotes by Matthew Quick More Quotes From Matthew Quick If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying. Matthew Quick stay-strong block clouds 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 pay attention life Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical." "That's just a story." "So are we- we're stories too. Matthew Quick different opportunity thinking You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life. Matthew Quick making-time matter needs You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire. Matthew Quick action desire needs I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings. Matthew Quick happy-endings want believe 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 feel-good real happiness most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us. Matthew Quick silver ability people She looks sad. She looks angry. She looks different from everyone else I know—she cannot put on that happy face others wear when they know they are being watched. She doesn’t put on a face for me, which makes me trust her somehow. Matthew Quick different faces looks 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 girl hurt fun ...but Cliff keeps pushing for the truth like therapists do, because they all have some sort of psychic ability that allows them to see through your lies, and therefore they know you will eventually tire of the talking game and will offer up the truth. Matthew Quick psychics talking lying 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 cosmos feel-better looks Your mother is risking a lot, because she believes in you. Matthew Quick believe-in-you mother believe Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Matthew Quick good-movie feel-good real Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds. Matthew Quick brave sky bird Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you think the movie is going to end badly, something dramatic happens, which leads to the happy ending. This seems like a good spot for something dramatic to happen, especially since it's my birthday. Matthew Quick happy-endings my-birthday thinking When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved. Matthew Quick abandoned beloved helping ...I am now watching the movie of my life as I live it. Matthew Quick Did you ever think about all of the nights you lived through and can't remember The ones that were so mundane your brain just didn't bother to record them. Hundreds, maybe thousands of nights come and go without being preserved by our memory. Does that ever freak you out? Like maybe your mind recorded all of the wrong nights? Matthew Quick night memories thinking I feel like I’m broken—like I don’t fit together anymore. Like there’s no more room for me in the world or something. Like I’ve overstayed my welcome here on Earth, and everyone’s trying to give me hints about that constantly. Like I should just check out. Matthew Quick broken together giving
