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title: "3 Good luck Quotes By Matthew Quick"
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> [I had thought up the title, 'The Good Luck of Right Now,' several years ago. I had no idea what it meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/i-had-thought-up-the-title-the-good-luck-of-right-now-several-years/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

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> [“believed in The Good Luck of Right Now. Believing—or maybe even pretending—made you feel better about what had happened, regardless of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/believed-in-the-good-luck-of-right-now-believing-or-maybe-even/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

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> [“When something bad happens to us, something good happens - often to someone else. And that's The Good Luck of Right Now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/when-something-bad-happens-to-us-something-good-happens-often-to/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

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## Other authors on Good luck

## More by Matthew Quick

> [I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always cry at movies, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/i-grew-up-in-a-blue-collar-neighborhood-and-was-raised-by-a-man-who/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/life-is-not-a-pg-feel-good-movie-real-life-often-ends-badly/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/maybe-my-movie-isn-t-over-i-say-because-sometimes-moviemakers-trick/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [“Like maybe he really, truly believes I'm worth listening to, worth saving.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/like-maybe-he-really-truly-believes-i-m-worth-listening-to-worth/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [...I am now watching the movie of my life as I live it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/i-am-now-watching-the-movie-of-my-life-as-i-live-it/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/you-need-to-make-time-for-family-no-matter-what-happens-in-your-life/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [When she needed help most, she was abandoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/when-she-needed-help-most-she-was-abandoned/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [I am so happy. I am so impossibly happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/i-am-so-happy-i-am-so-impossibly-happy/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [“the only way you could meet my crazy was by doing something crazy for yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/the-only-way-you-could-meet-my-crazy-was-by-doing-something-crazy-for/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/when-i-travel-round-the-country-people-can-t-place-my-accent-if-there/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [“Empiezo a comprender que tenemos una clase de amistad en la que no se necesitan muchas palabras.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/empiezo-a-comprender-que-tenemos-una-clase-de-amistad-en-la-que-no-se/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/when-she-needed-help-most-she-was-abandoned-and-only-when-she-offered/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [“Sounds like the start of a beautiful friendship, Leonard. It really does.” “Here’s looking at you, kid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/sounds-like-the-start-of-a-beautiful-friendship-leonard-it-really/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [“The whole time I pretend I have mental telepathy. And with my mind only, I’ll say — or think? — to the target, 'Don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/the-whole-time-i-pretend-i-have-mental-telepathy-and-with-my-mind/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

> [Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/someday-an-opportunity-will-come-think-about-harry-potter-his-life-is/)

[Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/)

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