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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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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Valuable
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Enemy

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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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If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.
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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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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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Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds.
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You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
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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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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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...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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You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life.
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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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Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.
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When she needed help most, she was abandoned.
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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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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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People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.
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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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When I run, I always pretend I am running toward Nikki, and it makes me feel like I am decreasing the amount of time I have to wait until I see her again.
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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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I opened up to you and you judge me
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