Matthew Quick Quotes

Quotes about:

Feelings Happy Endings Heart Hurt Silver

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

Matthew Quick

Stay Strong, Block, Clouds

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

156 Copy quote
You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life.

Matthew Quick

Needs, Matter, Making Time

"The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel".

25 Copy quote
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.

Matthew Quick

Life, Attention, Pay

14 Copy quote
Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical." "That's just a story." "So are we- we're stories too.

Matthew Quick

Opportunity, Thinking, Different

Matthew Quick (2012). “Boy21”, p.157, Hachette UK

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

Matthew Quick

Believe, Different, Peacock

80 Copy quote
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

Different, Looks, Faces

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel”, p.116, Macmillan

8 Copy quote
I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.

Matthew Quick

Believe, Want, Happy Endings

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

6 Copy quote
Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds.

Matthew Quick

Sky, Bird, Brave

Matthew Quick (2014). “The Good Luck of Right Now”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

8 Copy quote
...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.

Matthew Quick

Lying, Talking, Psychics

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.42, Pan Macmillan

8 Copy quote
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.

Matthew Quick

Thinking, My Birthday, Happy Endings

8 Copy quote
Look, sometimes it’s OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it’s not because they've got a broken wing and they’re hurt and they’re an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that it’s mended and you’re getting in the way of that right now, okay, because she’s sensitive and she’s smart, she’s artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, you’re a better guy than this.

Matthew Quick

Girl, Hurt, Fun

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

Matthew Quick

Desire, Needs, Action

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.31, Pan Macmillan

6 Copy quote
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

Feel Better, Cosmos, Looks

6 Copy quote
The world will break your heart ten times till Sunday,that's guaranteed

Matthew Quick

Heart, Sunday, World

3 Copy quote
most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us.

Matthew Quick

People, Silver, Ability

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

6 Copy quote
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.

Matthew Quick

Happiness, Real, Feel Good

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel”, p.217, Sarah Crichton Books

6 Copy quote
It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain. So I need to run, and as my lungs burn and my back rebels with that stabbing knife feeling and my legs muscles harden and the half inch of loose skin around my waist jiggles, I feel as though my penance for the day is being done and that maybe God will be pleased enough to lend me some help, which I think is why He has been showing me interesting clouds for the past week.

Matthew Quick

Running, Hurt, Pain

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

3 Copy quote
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

Character, Dark, Thinking

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.148, Pan Macmillan

3 Copy quote
He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the conflicting impulses, the needs, the desperation, everything that makes her different from Ronnie and Veronica, who have each other and their daughter, Emily, and a good income and a house and everything else that keeps people from calling them "odd.

Matthew Quick

Daughter, Heart, Thinking

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.54, Pan Macmillan

3 Copy quote
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

Powerful, Believe, Eye

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.165, Pan Macmillan

4 Copy quote
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.

Matthew Quick

Writing, People, Appreciate

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

3 Copy quote
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

Powerful, Silly, Thinking

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.26, Pan Macmillan

3 Copy quote
Do you like foreign films?” “With subtitles?” “Yes.” “I hate those types of films.” “Me too,” Cliff says. “Mostly because - “ “No happy endings.

Matthew Quick

Hate, Cliffs, Happy Endings

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.44, Pan Macmillan

3 Copy quote
People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.

Matthew Quick

Nice, People, Should

5 Copy quote
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

Love You, Appreciate, Great Friend

Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.149, Pan Macmillan

10 Copy quote

You May Also Like:

David O. Russell

Jennifer Lawrence

Matthew Quick

Follow

Born: 1973
Occupation: Writer
Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics