278 Quotes by Matthew Quick

Maybe it was the type of high only kids can get and understand. There were hundreds of adults drinking alcohol and gambling and smoking that night, but I bet none of them felt the high Asher and I did. Maybe that’s why adults drink, gamble, and do drugs – because they can’t get naturally lit anymore. Maybe we lose that ability as we get older.

If he was able to make her feel even the slightest bit of guilt for being so oblivious – if he could get through all that makeup and high fashion.

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

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

Teachers have to believe. You have to care, and that takes a lot of work and effort. Teachers need people to give back once in a while too, if only a little.

Sometimes we need to get violent with our words because no one is listening otherwise.

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

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.

Maybe if we would just picture our enemies jerking off once in a while, the world would be a better place. I don’t know.