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I am practicing being kind over being right.

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
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Camden
New Jersey
Practicing
Right
Kind

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You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts I learned the value of this at a very young age.
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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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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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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.
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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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most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us.
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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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