Top 160 Matthew Quick Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I am so happy. I am so impossibly happy.”

— Matthew Quick

2. “I am practicing being kind over being right.”

— Matthew Quick

3. “If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.”

— Matthew Quick

4. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

— Matthew Quick

5. “We are the unwilling, led by the unqualified, doing the unnecessary, for the ungrateful.”

— Matthew Quick

6. “When life reaches out with a moment like this, it’s a sin if you don’t reach back.”

— Matthew Quick

7. “I feel like I’m broken – like I don’t fit together anymore. Like there’s no more room for me in the world or something. Like I’ve overstayed my welcome here on Earth, and everyone’s trying to give me hints about that constantly. Like I should just check out.”

— Matthew Quick

8. “You’re different. And I’m different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I know.”

— Matthew Quick

9. “People enter our lives for a season, a reason, or a lifetime.”

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10. “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.”

— Matthew Quick

11. “The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That’s just a story that we tell ourselves.”

— Matthew Quick

12. “She looks sad. She looks angry. She looks different from everyone else I know – she cannot put on that happy face others wear when they know they are being watched. She doesn’t put on a face for me, which makes me trust her somehow.”

— Matthew Quick

13. “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.”

— Matthew Quick

14. “You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life.”

— Matthew Quick

15. “Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.”

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16. “You may exist in this world – but I exist too and I will not yield.”

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17. “I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.”

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18. “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.”

— Matthew Quick

19. “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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20. “So I’m thinking this is the part of my movie where things appear as if nothing is going to work out. I have to remind myself that all movie characters go through this sort of dark period before they find their happy ending.”

— Matthew Quick

21. “And then one day you will look for you in the mirror and you’ll no longer be able to identify yourself – you’ll only see everyone else. You’ll know that you did what they wanted you to do. You will have assimilated. And you will hate yourself for it, because it will be too late.”

— Matthew Quick

22. “I think about how fragile people are, how anyone can disappear in a second and be gone forever.”

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23. “I am practicing being kind instead of right.”

— Matthew Quick

24. “Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly...”

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25. “People should be nice to you, Leonard. You’re a human being. You should expect people to be nice.”

— Matthew Quick

26. “You don’t have to have it all figured out now or ever. We’re all just bumbling through, really. But you’ll find something to be passionate about. You just need to leave high school and your town behind.”

— Matthew Quick

27. “That’s basically the mantra of Herr Silverman’s teaching – think for yourself and do what’s right for you, but let others do the same.”

— Matthew Quick

28. “Looking into another person’s eyes for an extended period of time proved to be a powerful thing. And if you don’t believe me, try it yourself.”

— Matthew Quick

29. “I want to believe that happiness might at least be possible later on in life for people prone to sadness.”

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30. “The Nike swoop, the three Adidas stripes, the little Polo player on a horse, the Hollister seagull, the symbols of Philadelphia’s professional sports teams, even our high school mascot that you athletes wear to battle other schools – some of you wear our Mustang to class even when there is no sporting event scheduled. These are your symbols, what you wear to prove that your identity matches the identity of others. Much like the Nazis had their swastika.”

— Matthew Quick

31. “Silence has always been my default mode – my best defense against the rest of the world.”

— Matthew Quick

32. “You can lose yourself in repetition – quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.”

— Matthew Quick

33. “Fly! There’s a lot of sky out there for brave birds.”

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34. “Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”

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35. “You need to know it’s your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.”

— Matthew Quick

36. “When she needed help most, she was abandoned – and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”

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37. “Remember – it’s a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.”

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38. “I’ve found that being blunt sometimes makes life easier for everyone.”

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39. “I’m a screwed-up person who no longer knows how to communicate with the people I love. But I meant everything I told you in my letter. If I were your Nikki, I would have come back to you on Christmas Day, but I’m not Nikki. I know. And I’m sorry.”

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40. “Just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean you have to do it.”

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41. “It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.”

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42. “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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43. “Miracles happen on Christmas, Pat. Everybody knows that.”

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44. “I think it’s strange to live in a house with someone you cannot talk to-especially when that someone is your father-and the thought makes me a little sad.”

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45. “Well, for a lot of reasons. Most of which I can’t really explain properly. That’s why people give presents, right? Because they don’t know how to express themselves in words, so you give gifts to symbolically explain your feelings. I got to thinking that the world would be a better place if they gave medals to great teachers rather than just soldiers who kill their enemies in wars.”

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46. “Sometimes you just have to pick a direction and make mistakes. Then you use what you learn from your failure to pick new, better directions so you can make more mistakes and keep learning.”

— Matthew Quick

47. “I just got a ticket to Hogwarts. Might be taking a train ride to a magical place that’s much better than here. Don’t tell any Muggles, okay? But I want you to know I’ll be alright.”

— Matthew Quick

48. “We never see any boats. But you man the light anyway – just in case. And WE got to see it – all these years. The great light. The beautiful sweeping beam! We were here to see it, and that was enough... Weed your mind. And man the great light. Even when no one is looking.”

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49. “Tiffany and I are great friends, and I appreciate all that she is doing for me now. But she is not you. I still love you, Nikki. And you can’t control or alter true love.”

— Matthew Quick

50. “Haven’t you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?”

— Matthew Quick