Matthew Quick Quotes

“Most people lose the ability to see silver linings even though they are always there above us almost every day.”

“I don’t want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.”

“If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.”

“...I am now watching the movie of my life as I live it.”

“When life reaches out with a moment like this, it’s a sin if you don’t reach back.”

“Maybe you will never be able to forgive me, but I wanted you to know I had the best intentions-and I still love you in my own fucked-up way.”

“I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.”

“I believe in happy endings,” I tell him, “And it feels like this movie has gone on for the right amount of time.”

“The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday, that’s guaranteed. And I can’t begin to explain that- or the craziness inside myself and everybody else, but guess what? Sunday is my fav day again”

“I will not be quoting Hemingway anytime soon, nor will I ever read another one of his books. And if he were still alive, I would write him a letter right now and threaten to strangle him dead with my bare hands just for being so glum. No wonder he put a gun to his head, like it says in the introductory essay.”

“I...have a woman in my arms who has suffered greatly and desperately needs to believe once again that she is beautiful.”

“Looking into another person’s eyes for an extended period of time proved to be a powerful thing. And if you don’t believe me, try it yourself.”

“Most people lose the ability to see silver linings even though they are always there above us almost every day.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You need to know it’s your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.”

“Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it’s a sin if you don’t reach back... I’m telling you.”

“In my arms is a woman who has given me a Skywatcher’s Cloud Chart, a woman who knows all my secrets, a woman who knows just how messed up my mind is, how many pills I’m on, and yet she allows me to hold her anyway. ”

“When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”

“It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.”