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?
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Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young adult fiction. His debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and Chris Tucker. Quick was finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages. In 2012, his young-adult novel, Boy 21, was reviewed favorably by The New York Times. Quick was a finalist for the TIME 100 most influential people of 2013. 2Personal life Quick grew up in Oaklyn, New Jersey and graduated from Collingswood High School. He has a degree in English literature and secondary education from La Salle University and an MFA from Goddard College. Quick taught high school literature in southern New Jersey for several years, before leaving his job as a tenured English teacher in Haddonfield, New Jersey to write his first novel while living in Collingswood. Quick lived in Massachusetts for several years; he and his wife, novelist and pianist Alicia Bessette now live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from La Salle in 201
Nobody knows anything when they are in their midtwenties.
You cannot beat time; you can only enjoy it whenever possible, as it zooms by endlessly.
Nobody knows anything when they are in their midtwenties.
Nobody knows anything when they are in their mid twenties.
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…
I saw the way you were looking at me, Pat. You felt it, I felt it, don't lie.
You're afraid to be alive, you're afraid to live.
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.
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.
I opened up to you, and you judged me.
Humanity is just nasty and there's no silver lining.
I do all this shit for other people! And then I wake up and I'm empty! I have nothing!
The only way you can beat my crazy was by doing something crazy yourself. Thank you. I love you. I knew it the minute I met you. I’m sorry it took so long for me to catch up. I just got stuck.
When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.
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.
When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.
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.
...I am practicing being kind instead of right...