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The Silver Linings Playbook Quotes

20 of the best book quotes from The Silver Linings Playbook
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“Most people lose the ability to see silver linings even though they are always there above us almost every day.”
Matthew Quick
author
The Silver Linings Playbook
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success
failure
every day life
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I don’t want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.”
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“If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.”
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“I...have a woman in my arms who has suffered greatly and desperately needs to believe once again that she is beautiful.”
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“Most people lose the ability to see silver linings even though they are always there above us almost every day.”
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“It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.”
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“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.”
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“...I am now watching the movie of my life as I live it.”
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“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”
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“You need to know it’s your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.”
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“When life reaches out with a moment like this, it’s a sin if you don’t reach back.”
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“I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.”
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“I believe in happy endings,” I tell him, “And it feels like this movie has gone on for the right amount of time.”
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“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.”
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“When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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. ”

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