Matt Peters > Matt's Quotes

“He was an eleven year old man.
-(inside joke)”
― M.H. Herlong, The Great Wide Sea

“What’s up?” I said.
“Nothing.”
“I mean what’s wrong?”
“My leg is broken.”
“Yeah, I noticed.”
― M.H. Herlong, The Great Wide Sea

“When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed

“A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair.

James, what’s wrong?' the friend asked. 'Is it the work?'

Joyce indicated assent without even raising his head to look at his friend. Of course it was the work; isn’t it always?

How many words did you get today?' the friend pursued.

Joyce (still in despair, still sprawled facedown on his desk): 'Seven.'

Seven? But James… that’s good, at least for you.'

Yes,' Joyce said, finally looking up. 'I suppose it is… but I don’t know what order they go in!”
― Stephen King

“Civility is just lying to people about your true feelings. Hiding for personal gain.

Popular people, well, they're just the best liars.”
― Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

“Life is a series of unique opportunities.

It's our job to find the happiness in each one.”
― Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

“If you run on lies long enough, they become your truth.
Such delicate fabric we conceal our motives in.
Colors to obscure the truth of our hearts.
No one is a bad person in his or her own mind.
We are all noble protagonists.”
― Rick Remender, Black Science, Vol. 2: Welcome, Nowhere

“If you're in trouble or hurt or need–go to poor people. They're the only ones that'll help–the only ones.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath