People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the conflicting impulses,… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to others. So they… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I’m a screwed-up person who no longer knows how to communicate with the people I love. But I meant everything I told… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Soon I am seeing the blue-and-yellow flags that line the campus streets, and it makes me feel happy and sad at the… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I want to believe that happiness might at least be possible later on in life for people prone to sadness. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
People can be cruel,' he says with a sympathetic look that makes me trust him even more. And right then I realize… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I write about people who are usually damaged or neglected by society finding each other and forming relationships that are quite extraordinary… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Like maybe he really, truly believes I'm worth listening to, worth saving.” — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“the only way you could meet my crazy was by doing something crazy for yourself” — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Empiezo a comprender que tenemos una clase de amistad en la que no se necesitan muchas palabras.” — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
