Morgan Matson Quotes

It seemed crazy that something so big, so seemingly permanent, could be knocked down by a little wind and rain. ~ Morgan Matson

I'll answer that.' He took a deep breath, and I could see his eyes searching mine, like he was looking for an answer. 'I had thought that was the ending,' he finally said. 'But I might have been wrong.'
'I was just thinking,' I said, sure that the rest of the crowd could probably hear how hard my heart was beating, since it seemed deafening to me, pounding in my ears, 'that maybe Marjorie realized she was in love with Karl. And told him that. And said she was sorry for being scared. ~ Morgan Matson

Looking at it, I got, for the first time, why people would bring flowers to sick people, stuck inside the hospital with no way to get outside. It was like bringing them a little bit of the world that was going on without them. ~ Morgan Matson

You know how you're always saying that real life isn't like those movies, and it doesn't actually happen that way?" I nodded, and she gave me a trembly smile. "Go prove yourself wrong. ~ Morgan Matson

We were kissing like it was a long-forgotten language that we'd once been fluent in and were finding again ~ Morgan Matson

She's been trying to escape since she was little. The thing I don't think she's realized is that eventually you have to stop. And what happens when you do? ~ Morgan Matson

I waited to feel incredibly embarrassed, but the feeling didn't come. It was more like a small victory, a secret to everyone else but me. ~ Morgan Matson

I blinked them back, hard. I had a feeling that if I let myself start crying, there was a very real possibility I would never stop again. ~ Morgan Matson

I didn't have enough voice left to scream. And it wasn't like anything was going to change. No matter how much I cried, even if I let myself yell, things were never going to get better. ~ Morgan Matson

4. Date someone who'll wait to make sure you get inside before driving away. ~ Morgan Matson

It's not about the destination. It's getting there that's the good part.
- Leonard ~ Morgan Matson

And as I lay there next to him, his arm still around me, as we shared a pillow, I realized that I liked him.
Of course, I liked him as a friend. But this was different. This was more than that. This was wanting to reach over and touch his cheek, lightly, so as not to wake him. This was what had been bouncing around somewhere in my mind ever since the night of his birthday when I'd looked at him just a little too long in the moonlight. It was what I'd felt when we'd danced at the wedding. It was why I'd felt so awkward, going to pick up Lissa. It was why I wanted to stay exactly where I was, but why I also knew I needed to go. ~ Morgan Matson

life is sad.......when you are living it alone. ~ Morgan Matson

And it was a kiss that felt like it could stop time. ~ Morgan Matson

I leaned forward to kiss him again, knowing as I did that something was ending while something else had already begun. ~ Morgan Matson

Roger: "God, I've been wanting to do that for a long time."
Amy: "Really"
Roger: "Oh yes. Since Kansas. At least. ~ Morgan Matson

You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard ... ~ Morgan Matson

The idea that you could rethink the thing you'd always thought you wanted and change your plan - it was almost a revolutionary concept. That you could choose what would make you happy, not successful -Andie ~ Morgan Matson

... and tell him how I felt - how I really felt - and see if he might want to give it another chance. Even if he said no, at least I would have tried. At least I would have tried to be as honest as I could be. Because right now I was just running away when things got too real. ~ Morgan Matson

It was like she knew a secret, a good one, and if you got close enough, maybe she'll tell you, too. ~ Morgan Matson

Then she smiled at me and said what she always did before we went out. Let's go have the best night ever. ~ Morgan Matson

(And believe me, you don't want me to be unhappy. I may be looking into the haunting thing right now.) ~ Morgan Matson

And I've realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn't all we need - love is all there is. ~ Morgan Matson

Did you ever have a night that just ... seemed to change everything? And everything is different afterward? ~ Morgan Matson

Knowing that each breath was another moment he was still here and, simultaneously, that meant that he had just moved a little closer to being gone. ~ Morgan Matson

You can always find your way out again, no matter how lost you think you are. ~ Morgan Matson

I'd always loved the chance to become someone else for a few hours. Someone for whom the words had been written, every gesture and emotion plotted, and the ending figured out. Almost like life. Just without the surprises. ~ Morgan Matson

I made it to the sidewalk and took off Bronwyn's shoes, looping the heel straps over my wrists. The stars above were beautiful, the sky was amazingly clear, and I could smell the fire faintly, but I barely registered any of it ~ Morgan Matson

What do you think a Chick-fil-A is? Roger asked, as we pulled off the interstate and into the parking lot. ~ Morgan Matson

I think there are lots of things still to be discovered. You just have to be paying attention. ~ Morgan Matson

It's always a risk. Wherever there is great emotion. because there is power in that. And few people handle power well. ~ Morgan Matson

maybe Lucy was wrong - maybe sometimes there was such a thing as perfect moment. ~ Morgan Matson

There were no other cars on the road. Just the sound of the wind, and the motor idling, and through his open window, the faint clicking sounds of Roger making another mix. I closed my eyes and let the wind whip my hair around my face, letting out a breath I hadn't known I'd been holding. ~ Morgan Matson

I'd just always assumed those constants, so basic, would never change. I hadn't even realized they were anything special at the time. And now I would have given anything to be back there again. - Amy ~ Morgan Matson

Sometimes we get a little bit of a facade. We think we have people. Family, friends ... but in the end, it's just you and the darkness. Everyone leaves eventually, my young friend. It's better, really, to learn early. This way, you can save yourself some disappointment. ~ Morgan Matson

For the first few weeks after we'd gotten back together, I'd been worried that things might fall apart again, not sure that I was up to being in a real relationship, one with actual stakes and feelings and something to lose ~ Morgan Matson

Just like that, those butterflies I'd first felt at twelve made a reappearance. ~ Morgan Matson

Because believing you're not alone is the cruelest trick of all. ~ Morgan Matson

Oh, he said softly. It was like this wasn't even a word. It felt more like he was laying out a stone for me to step on, so that I could keep going. ~ Morgan Matson

And as we talked, I remembered just why we'd been such good friends when we were kids. It was in the way he listened when you were talking, the way he wasn't just waiting to jump in with his own story. It was the way he always weighed his words, meaning I always knew that when he responded, it had been carefully considered. It was in the way that every time he laughed - which wasn't often - it seemed earned, and made me want to do everything I could to get him to laugh more. It was his enthusiasm for things, and how when he discussed what he was passionate about - like how much he loved being in the woods, how he felt things made sense there - I found myself getting swept up in it along with him. ~ Morgan Matson

I had never been to a drive-in before, but I'd loved it after the first movie - the big screen set up at one end of a field, the cars parked in slightly crooked rows, the speakers you could hang over the window of your car, the way they always played double features. ~ Morgan Matson

There was no In-N-Out in Connecticut, because clearly that state was an inhospitable wasteland. ~ Morgan Matson

J.J. scoffed. But just as he'd done ever since he'd read this phrase when he was twelve, he said the word "scoff" instead of just making the sound, and none of us had been able to convince him this actually wasn't correct. ~ Morgan Matson

And we were kissing like drowning people breathe
like suddenly we'd discovered something that has never been so sweet before that moment. ~ Morgan Matson

In addition to the OPEN RANGE CAUTION, there were animal signs I'd never seen before-an antelope, a cow, and cow with horns ... But it worried me that, without warning, a cow with horns might be running across the interstate. And that this had happened frequently enough that they'd had to erect a sign to warn people about it. ~ Morgan Matson

We drove. Time seemed to pass a little differently when there was nothing to mark how far you had come, or what you were heading to. I would look at my watch, thinking an hour had passed when it had only been five minutes. Or I would catch the car's clock and realized forty-five minutes had gone by in what I would have sworn was fifteen. Now that I knew what to expect from this road, it wasn't so stressful. There were still moments when the sheer aloneness of it all would cause me to have a momentary panic. But then it would subside, and I would look out the window, take in the view, and feel myself calming down. ~ Morgan Matson

She seemed to still be completely unaware that Elliot was pining openly for her and messing up customers' orders as a result. And the one time I'd tried to hint to her that there might be dating prospects with someone she already knew, someone she was friends with, she'd thought I was trying to set her up with Warren, and things had briefly gotten very uncomfortable. ~ Morgan Matson

I know things might not work, and I know it's scary, but the things that are worth it are. It feels right. ~ Morgan Matson

E had his face turned up to the sky and I watched him, rather than the fireworks. ~ Morgan Matson

Because, it would have been cheating, in a way. You don't get to freeze the picture when you want it. It would have been living in the past and eventually, you just start doing the same jokes over and over again. ~ Morgan Matson

So have adventures. Go exploring. Drive around at midnight. Feel the wind running through your hair.
Life is so short, my darling. And there's no day like today. ~ Morgan Matson

We lay there together for a little while longer, watching the sun over the lake as it finally started to go down, and twilight started to fall all around us, the fireflies starting to wink in the grass. ~ Morgan Matson

And when I started to cry as I pulled into my driveway,it was coming down hard enough that I could pretend that it was only the rain hitting my face, and not the fact that I'd just lost another friend. ~ Morgan Matson

What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from? ~ Morgan Matson

Do you want to go make friends with it first? Dawn asked. Matthew,give Emily the snacks.
Collins swallowed, looking alarmed. Um ... what do you mean?
Dawn smiled at him. So we can give them to the horse! The carrot sticks?
Oh, Collins said, after a pause. You see, you should have told me we were bringing snacks for the horse. I thought they were for us. My bad.
Wait, you ate all of them? Dawn asked, taking her canvas bag back from Collins peering inside. The apple too? And where are the sugar cubes?
You're telling me we brought the sugar for a horse? Collins asked,incredulous. What does a horse need sugar for?
I can't believe you just ate raw sugar cubes, Dawn said, shaking her head.
They're sugar cubes! Collins said, his voice rising. What else are you supposed to do with them? And since when do horses get snacks? ~ Morgan Matson

That was our place. That was where we used to make out! ~ Morgan Matson

I know,' I said, thinking about the trip my mother had wanted me to take, and the trip we'd ended up taking, and how much better ours had been. ~ Morgan Matson

This felt like the way you get nervous right before something exciting happens-the moment when you're balanced on the top of the roller coaster, the hush before the surprise party, the second after the diving board but before the water, when you can close your eyes and imagine, for just a second, that you're flying. The feeling that good things were coming, almost here, any moment now. ~ Morgan Matson

In a well-ordered universe, there would be no mysteries. You'd just know things. There wouldn't be these big, hanging questions. ~ Morgan Matson

The thing is that people only get hurt - really hurt - when they're trying to play it safe. That's when people get injured, when they pull back at the last second because they're scared. They hurt themselves and other people. ~ Morgan Matson

You get up, you dress up, you show up. And usually have a pretty good time by the end of it. ~ Morgan Matson

Do you not like The Beatles?" Frank asked, sounding shocked. "Do you also not like sunshine and laughter and puppies? I don't think the Beatles get enough recognition. I mean, when you look at their body of work and how they changed music forever. I think there should be federal holidays and parades ~ Morgan Matson

I stretched up to him, and we stayed liken that for just a second, not kissing, not yet, just hovering in the moment before, only a breath apart. ~ Morgan Matson

Ad astra per aspera. It's the Kansas state motto," he said to Roger and me, "To the stars through adversity ~ Morgan Matson

But what if it doesn't work out?"
When I answered her, I could hear the hope in my voice, "But what if it does? ~ Morgan Matson

What happened?" I asked. "What did you say?"
Roger put the key in the ignition and looked over at me. "I told her good-bye," he said. Then he started the car and put in in gear, and we headed out. ~ Morgan Matson

It was like hitting the snooze button on your alarm - your sleep in that window is never very good, since you know it's borrowed time, and that it will be over all too soon. ~ Morgan Matson

We're defined totally by our choices, even the ones we don't realize the significance of at the time. ~ Morgan Matson

You've got to have pride in your home. You are where you're from. Otherwise, you're always going to be lost. ~ Morgan Matson

That's us," I said smiling brightly. "The Udells." That seemed to wake Roger up a little, and he blinked at me, surprised.
"Finally," the clerk muttered. "All right. Names?" he asked, fingers posed over his keyboard.
"Oh," I said, "Well. That's ... Edmund. And I'm Hillary." Roger glanced over at me, a little more sharply, and I tried to shrug as subtly as possible. ~ Morgan Matson

I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go. ~ Morgan Matson

You + Me
saw this ...
AMERICA
Thank you for finding America with me ~ Morgan Matson

Car," Frank said, placing his hands on my shoulders and turning me in the direction of the parking lot. "I'll be there in five minutes."
"This is going to take *five minutes*?" Collins grumbled as he bent down to pick up a cup. ~ Morgan Matson

Sloane got strangely competitive when there were stuffed-animal prizes involved). ~ Morgan Matson

It was a kiss that was both familiar and brand-new, making me remember a kiss from five years ago, and making me feel like I'd never been kissed before in my life. ~ Morgan Matson

It was like someone had turned off the sun. The center of everything was suddenly gone. ~ Morgan Matson

The feeling that I was about to do something without being sure of the outcome. The feeling of just jumping off something and hoping that the ground would be there when I landed. - Amy ~ Morgan Matson

And I was realizing that it was pretty terrible to be sitting in silence with someone who you always used to have something to say to ~ Morgan Matson

They didn't dwell; they looked for solutions, made some snacks, and kept moving forward. ~ Morgan Matson

I looked like someone who'd had a night, and had a story to tell about it. ~ Morgan Matson

About half an hour after the show tree, I made Roger pull over so that I could take a picture, and I realized that there was no way to ever capture the entire landscape. So I turned in a circle, taking a picture in every direction, knowing that was the only way I could come close to capturing what it looked like. I lowered my camera and stood still for a moment, just taking in the silence. Even though it probably should have been scary, standing by the side of a deserted desert highway, it wasn't. It felt strangely peaceful. ~ Morgan Matson

He kissed me back. It lasted just a moment, but he kissed me back, right away, without hesitation, as though we'd always been doing it. ~ Morgan Matson

I somehow knew that the particulars didn't matter. She was my heart, she was half of me, and nothing, certainly not a few measly hundred miles, was ever going to change that. ~ Morgan Matson

Or maybe I hadn't. Maybe I'd just been waiting for this moment, right now. ~ Morgan Matson

Now that we were under a little bit of shelter, I could see how gorgeous the woods were in the storm. ~ Morgan Matson

There was something about being alone in places that were usually filled with people that made them seem particularly empty when it was just you. ~ Morgan Matson

I'm so sorry-I broke you moose? ~ Morgan Matson

I understood in a flash why, on the Greyhound sign, Arrivals and Departures were right next to each other. Because sometimes, like in that moment, they can mean exactly the same thing. ~ Morgan Matson

Clearly, the downside of having a theoretical crush on someone you knew nothing about was the crashing realization that you actually knew nothing about them. ~ Morgan Matson

Hey," he said smiling at me pulling off his sunglasses. "Did you get me something good?"
"I think so," I said trying to ignore how hard my heart was beating. Then before I could think about it or analyze or consider what I was doing I leaned over and kissed him. ~ Morgan Matson

Tomorrow will be better."
"But what if it's not?" I asked.
"Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better. ~ Morgan Matson

I looked away from his direct gaze and down at the scratched surface of the table. Someone had etched into it RYAN LOVES MEGAN ALWAYS ... I wondered who Ryan and Megan were. And if, wherever they were, they'd made it. I wondered how anyone could have been so sure about a concept so tenuous and impossible as 'always' that they'd be willing to carve it into a tabletop. ~ Morgan Matson

There weren't enough tears to cry. ~ Morgan Matson

Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what.
The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home.
And real friends never have to tell you that they're your friends. ~ Morgan Matson

But one thing that I was learning about what happened when you stuck around - it usually seemed that other people were willing to stick by you as well. ~ Morgan Matson

We'd also left lots of time unscheduled - the long stretches of hours we'd spend at the beach or walking around or just hanging out with no plan beyond maybe getting fountain Diet Cokes. It was Sloane - you usually didn't need more than that to have the best Wednesday of your life. ~ Morgan Matson

I was trying not to think about ho acutely aware I was that there were two types of people
the type who could talk to anyone and make friends with them, and the type who spent parties hiding and sitting against trees. ~ Morgan Matson

If you like everything, that's basically just saying that you don't really like anything. ~ Morgan Matson

We were silent for a few minutes, and I realized it was okay. Maybe we didn't have to share every single feeling we were having, and analyze it. -Emily ~ Morgan Matson

But it always felt like nothing had really happened until I'd talked to Sloane about it. ~ Morgan Matson