You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?' I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do. 'I'm going to up your meds,' Dr. Patel tells me. 'You might feel a little sluggish, but it should help to curb your violent outbursts. You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
Matthew QuickI don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.
Matthew QuickLook, sometimes itโs OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes itโs not because they've got a broken wing and theyโre hurt and theyโre an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that itโs mended and youโre getting in the way of that right now, okay, because sheโs sensitive and sheโs smart, sheโs artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, youโre a better guy than this.
Matthew Quick