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Matthew Quick Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”
— Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel
Tagged: Left Alone, Taken For Granted
“There will always be a part of me that is dirty and sloppy, but I like that, just like all the other parts of myself.”
— Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Self-appreciation, strength
“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?”
— Matthew Quick, The Good Luck of Right Now
Tagged: Loneliness, Overthink
“You cannot beat time; you can only enjoy it whenever possible, as it zooms by endlessly.”
— Matthew Quick, The Good Luck of Right Now: A Novel
Tagged: Time, Enjoyment, Make the Most of Your Life, Enjoying today
“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, The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel
Tagged: Women, Trust, Amazed
“...I am practicing being kind instead of right...”
— Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel
Tagged: kindness, Goodness, Generosity, Attitude
“I do all this shit for other people! And then I wake up and I'm empty! I have nothing!”
— Tiffany, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Empty, Try Hard
“You know, for a while, I thought you were the best thing that ever happened to me. But now I'm starting to think you're the worst.”
— Tiffany, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Best Thing, worst
“You have to do everything you can, you have to work your hardest, and if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.”
— Pat, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Hard Work, positive, silver lining
“I saw the way you were looking at me, Pat. You felt it, I felt it, don't lie.”
— Tiffany, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Afraid, live
“Humanity is just nasty and there's no silver lining.”
— Tiffany, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: silver lining, humanity
“Nobody knows anything when they are in their midtwenties.”
— Matthew Quick, The Good Luck of Right Now
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Twenty-Something
“Nobody knows anything when they are in their midtwenties.”
— Matthew Quick, The Good Luck of Right Now: A Novel
Tagged: 20 somethings, midtwenties, Clueless
“People enter our lives for a season, a reason, or a lifetime.”
— Matthew Quick, Every Exquisite Thing
Tagged: Meaning, Reason, H4D-36
“I opened up to you, and you judged me.”
— Tiffany, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Vulnerable
“You're afraid to be alive, you're afraid to live.”
— Tiffany, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Afraid, live
“We have a very unconventional chemistry, it makes people feel awkward, but not me. Alright? She's the most beautiful woman I've ever been with. It's electric between us! Okay, yeah, we wanna change each other, but that's normal, couples wanna do that. I want her to stop dressing like she dresses, I want her to stop acting so superior to me, okay? And she wanted me to lose weight and stop my mood swings, which both I've done. I mean, people fight. Couples fight. We would fight, we wouldn't talk for a couple weeks. That's normal. She always wanted the best for me.”
— Pat, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Hard Work, positive, silver lining
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