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I am trying to be kind instead of right.

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

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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 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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When she needed help most, she was abandoned.
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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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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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Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.
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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 opened up to you and you judge me
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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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I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.
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The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday, that’s guaranteed. And I can’t begin to explain that- or the craziness inside myself and everybdy else,but guess what? Sunday is my fav day again
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I can always look up at the cosmos and marvel, no matter what happens. And when I look up at it, I feel as though my problems are small. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better.
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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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