Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick
Matthew Quickis an American writer of adult and young-adult fiction. His debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and Chris Tucker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 October 1973
CountryUnited States of America
block clouds trying
If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.
matter needs making-time
You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life
sorry people letters
I’m a screwed-up person who no longer knows how to communicate with the people I love. But I meant everything I told you in my letter. If I were your Nikki, I would have come back to you on Christmas Day, but I’m not Nikki. I know. And I’m sorry.
broken giving trying
I feel like I’m broken—like I don’t fit together anymore. Like there’s no more room for me in the world or something. Like I’ve overstayed my welcome here on Earth, and everyone’s trying to give me hints about that constantly. Like I should just check out.
sky brave bird
Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds.
looks faces different
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.
people silver ability
most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us.
desire needs action
You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
happiness real feel-good
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 possible for us to endure nobly.
feel-better cosmos looks
I can always look up at the cosmos and marvel, no matter what happens. And when I look up at it, I feel as though my problems are small. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better.
trying be-kind kind
I am trying to be kind instead of right.
be-kind kind
I am practicing being kind over being right.
trying realizing save-me
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.
beer thinking people
I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.