The Reason You're Alive Quotes

“We are the unwilling, led by the unqualified, doing the unnecessary, for the ungrateful.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“Jessica was real mashed potatoes and butter. To me the rest of the women in the world would always be the equivalent of Hank’s mashed cauliflower, bland and unsatisfying. He might call it “heart healthy,” but the heart knows what it fucking wants, and it’s hardly ever cauliflower.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“That morning I'd been worried I might be scalped, and here I was among the warmest people I will probably ever meet, no matter how long I live.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“I’m a dangerous right-wing grandpa. And I own guns too. Lots of them. Some registered, some we don’t talk about.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“Sometimes just showing up consistently is enough to get the job done.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“No one tips a farting cabdriver, so do yourself a favor and get some TUMS”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“Damn right, America is a good place to live if you're hard-working and realistic about the world.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“My old man's dying words echoed in my head once more, It was clear that I had one last mission. And I always, always, always complete my mission.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“Any white man with half a brain in America can make a good living if he really wants to”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive

“Don't you ever feel like everyone is bullshitting you? Just saying what they think you want to hear? Like everyone is constantly lying, and we never really know a single person at all? I don't feel that way when I'm around your father. I might not always agree with his point of view, but I'm always certain I at least know it.”
― Matthew Quick, The Reason You're Alive