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The world will break your heart ten times till Sunday,that's guaranteed

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Break
Times
Heart
World
Guaranteed
Sunday
Till
Ten

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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.
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I am trying to be kind instead of right.
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I am practicing being kind over being right.
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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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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 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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