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Matthew Quick
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Question: What inspired you to write BOY21?
Answer: BOY21 Inspiration Essay #2
When I was in junior high, during a snow day, my best friendand I shoveled off one half of the town basketball court. No one else wasaround, because of the weather. I remember this sense of wild rebellion. It wasexciting. We had never heard of anyone shoveling the court just to playbasketball.
We laughed our way throu...
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Answer: BOY21 Inspiration Essay #2
When I was in junior high, during a snow day, my best friendand I shoveled off one half of the town basketball court. No one else wasaround, because of the weather. I remember this sense of wild rebellion. It wasexciting. We had never heard of anyone shoveling the court just to playbasketball.
We laughed our way throu...
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Sorta Like a Rock Star
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2010
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The Silver Linings Playbook
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Boy21
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2012
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The Silver Linings Playbook [movie tie-in edition]: A Novel
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
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2013
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“I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.”
― Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook
― Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook
“It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.”
― Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook
― Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook
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