Leonard Peacock Quotes:

I feel like I’m broken—like I don’t fit together anymore. Like there’s no more room for me in the world or something. Like I’ve overstayed my welcome here on Earth, and everyone’s trying to give me hints about that constantly. Like I should just check out.

- Matthew Quick

topic: Broken, Giving, Together, Leonard Peacock

You're different. And I'm different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I know.

- Matthew Quick

topic: Believe, Different, Peacock, Leonard Peacock

There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have no idea how many interesting people you'll meet after high school's over. Your life partner, your best friend, the most wonderful person you'll ever know is sitting in some high school right now waiting to graduate and walk into your life - maybe even feeling all the same things you are, maybe even wondering about you, hoping that you're strong enough to make it to the future where you'll meet.

- Matthew Quick

topic: Strong, School, Ideas, Leonard Peacock, Life Partner

People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.

- Matthew Quick

topic: Nice, People, Should, Leonard Peacock

Did you ever think about all of the nights you lived through and can't remember The ones that were so mundane your brain just didn't bother to record them. Hundreds, maybe thousands of nights come and go without being preserved by our memory. Does that ever freak you out? Like maybe your mind recorded all of the wrong nights?

- Matthew Quick

topic: Memories, Night, Thinking, Leonard Peacock

That's basically the mantra of Herr Silverman's teaching - think for yourself and do what's right for you, but let others do the same.

- Matthew Quick

source: Matthew Quick (2013). “Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock”, p.30, Hachette UK

topic: Teaching, Thinking, Think For Yourself, Leonard Peacock