You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.
Matthew QuickSomeday 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.
Tags: stories opportunity
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 QuickTags: hope life-affirming
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 QuickTags: life happiness sadness literature endurance movie feelings-of-weakness
You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life
Matthew QuickTags: family time priorities life-and-living
You may exist in
this world--but I exist too
and I will not yield
Tags: inspirational optimism haiku
Of course I began to see Nikki, which was strange because I was staring into Danny's eyes, and Danny is a six-foot-three black man who looks nothing like my ex-wife.
Matthew QuickTags: humour depression therapy
Most people lose the ability to see silver linings even though they are always there above us almost every day.
Matthew QuickIf clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.
Matthew QuickI will not be quoting Hemingway anytime soon, nor will I ever read another one of his books.
And if he were still alive, I would write him a letter right now and threaten to strangle him dead with my bare hands just for being so glum.
No wonder he put a gun to his head, like it says in the introductory essay.
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