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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.

Matthew Quick

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Believe
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Endings
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Silver
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When she needed help most, she was abandoned.
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I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.
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