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title: "2 Life is hard Quotes By Matthew Quick"
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> [Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to others. So they will understand that some people have it harder than they do and that a trip through this world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/life-is-hard-and-children-have-to-be-told-how-hard-life-can-be-so/)

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

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> [“Cliff says Sylvia Plath's work is very depressing to read, and that his own daughter had recently suffered through The Bell Jar because she is taking an American literature course at Eastern High School. "And you didn't complain to administration?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/cliff-says-sylvia-plath-s-work-is-very-depressing-to-read-and-that/)

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

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## Other authors on Life is hard

## 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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