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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
Instead
Right
Trying
Kind

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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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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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I...have a woman in my arms who has suffered greatly and desperately needs to believe once again that she is beautiful.
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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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The world will break your heart ten times till Sunday,that's guaranteed
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People can be cruel,' he says with a sympathetic look that makes me trust him even more. And right then I realize that he is not writing down all my words in a file, which I really appreciate, let me tell you.
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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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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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You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
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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 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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Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds.
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You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life.
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What is reality if it isn't how we feel about things?
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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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When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.
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Miracles happen on Christmas, Pat. Everybody knows that.
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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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most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us.
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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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