We're celebrating our freedom. We're celebrating our ability to be kids when everything is trying to take that away from us. It's a choice, Ty. We can do whatever we want.

— Matthew Quick

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty - he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn't pay the rent.

— Matthew Quick

Why didn't my father get to give Mom the fairy tale? Why do most people fail to give each other the fairy tale?

— Matthew Quick

Why would god allow the Holocaust to happen? If god made everything, why did he invent sin to trick us and then hold our sins against us? Why are there so many religions in the world if god created the world and wants us to be Christian? Why does god allow people to fight wars over him? What if you were born in a different culture and never even heard of Jesus Christ—would god send you to hell for not being Christian? And if so, do you believe that's fair? Why are men always the leaders in your church? Aren't women capable of leading too? Isn't such a patriarchal system sexist in this day and age? Why do so many babies die? Why are there so many poor people in the world? Did Jesus visit any other planets in distant unknown universes?

— Matthew Quick

You don’t put demands on people, and you never say anything negative--ever. So many people suck the life out of everyone they’re around, but you don’t do that. You give people strength just by being you.

— Matthew Quick

You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield

— Matthew Quick

You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.

— Matthew Quick

You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life

— Matthew Quick

You're different. And I'm different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I know.

— Matthew Quick

Your mother is risking a lot, because she believes in you.

— Matthew Quick