Matthew Quick
Miracles happen on Christmas, Pat. Everybody knows that.Collection: Christmas
Air goes in and out of my nose, throat, lungs, blood, heart brain - and so I amCollection: Heart
Haven't you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?Collection: Life Is Like
You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.Collection: Age
There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have no idea how many interesting people you'll meet after high school's over. Your life partner, your best friend, the most wonderful person you'll ever know is sitting in some high school right now waiting to graduate and walk into your life - maybe even feeling all the same things you are, maybe even wondering about you, hoping that you're strong enough to make it to the future where you'll meet.Collection: Strong
I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do. I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.Collection: Trying
Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent it, mostly because they're not strong enough to do the same.Collection: Strong
After I returned to New Jersey, I thought I was safe, because I did not think Kenny G could leave the bad place, which I realize is silly now - because Kenny G is extremely talented and resourceful and a powerful force to be reckoned with.Collection: Powerful
Do you like foreign films?” “With subtitles?” “Yes.” “I hate those types of films.” “Me too,” Cliff says. “Mostly because - “ “No happy endings.Collection: Hate
People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.Collection: Nice
I am trying to be kind instead of right.Collection: Trying
You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?' I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do. 'I'm going to up your meds,' Dr. Patel tells me. 'You might feel a little sluggish, but it should help to curb your violent outbursts. You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.Collection: Desire
Did you ever think about all of the nights you lived through and can't remember The ones that were so mundane your brain just didn't bother to record them. Hundreds, maybe thousands of nights come and go without being preserved by our memory. Does that ever freak you out? Like maybe your mind recorded all of the wrong nights?Collection: Memories
When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.Collection: Helping
I am practicing being kind over being right.Collection: Be Kind
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.Collection: Dirty
Tiffany and I are great friends, and I appreciate all that she is doing for me now. But she is not you. I still love you, Nikki. And you can’t control or alter true love.Collection: Love You
People can be cruel,' he says with a sympathetic look that makes me trust him even more. And right then I realize that he is not writing down all my words in a file, which I really appreciate, let me tell you.Collection: Writing
I think it's strange to live in a house with someone you cannot talk to-especially when that someone is your father-and the thought makes me a little sad.Collection: Father
You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!Collection: Watches
I believe in happy endings," I tell him, "And it feels like this movie has gone on for the right amount of time.Collection: Believe
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.Collection: Book
You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yieldCollection: Yield
My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes.Collection: Class