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What is reality if it isn't how we feel about things?

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
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Camden
New Jersey
Reality
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Feels
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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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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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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 am practicing being kind over being right.
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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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My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes.
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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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You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life.
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I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.
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The world will break your heart ten times till Sunday,that's guaranteed
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The only way to beat my crazy was by doing something even crazier. Thank you. I love you. I knew it from the moment I saw you. I'm sorry it took me so long to catch up.
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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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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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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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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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Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.
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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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...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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