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You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.

Matthew Quick

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
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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.
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The world will break your heart ten times till Sunday,that's guaranteed
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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.
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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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I opened up to you and you judge me
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Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.
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My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes.
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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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Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds.
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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 can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.
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Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to others. So they will understand that some people have it harder than they do and that a trip through this world can be a wildly different experience, depending on what chemicals are raging through one’s mind.
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Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you think the movie is going to end badly, something dramatic happens, which leads to the happy ending. This seems like a good spot for something dramatic to happen, especially since it's my birthday.
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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.
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I am trying to be kind instead of right.
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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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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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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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It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.
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...but Cliff keeps pushing for the truth like therapists do, because they all have some sort of psychic ability that allows them to see through your lies, and therefore they know you will eventually tire of the talking game and will offer up the truth.
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