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.

— Matthew Quick

Air goes in and out of my nose, throat, lungs, blood, heart brain - and so I am

— Matthew Quick

A lot of female teachers do this - flirt with male students. I wonder if that's the only way they know how to interact with men. Like they use their sexuality to get what they want.

— Matthew Quick

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.

— Matthew Quick

And I still love you in my own fucked-up way. I miss you, I really do. Can we still be friends?

— Matthew Quick

And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, because he had his music, and that was so much better than anything we had to offer.

— Matthew Quick

Another thought hits me hard as a lawn dart to the eye: this moment is so terribly unimportant to the rest of the world, yet it means everything to me somehow - and it's enough. So I sign and I sign and I sign.

— Matthew Quick

A strange, beautiful new world awaits, Leonard. We've found an oasis in their ruins. We really have. You want to see it, so just hold on, okay?

— Matthew Quick

... Daisy doesn't even go to his funeral, Nick and Jordan part ways, and Daisy ends up sticking with racist Tom... you can tell Fitzgerald never took the time to look up at clouds during sunset, because there's no silver lining at the end of that book, let me tell you. I do see why Nikki likes the novel, as it's written so well. But her liking it makes me worry now that Nikki really doesn't believe in silver linings, because she says The Great Gatsby is the greatest novel ever written by an American, and yet it ends so sadly. One thing's for sure, Nikki is going to be very proud of me when I tell her I finally read her favorite book. -Silver Linings Playbook, p. 9

— Matthew Quick

Haven't you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?

— Matthew Quick