Morgan Matson Quotes & Sayings

If Frank and I tried to be something, it would be *real*, in a way that was scary - but also really exciting -Emily — 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

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

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

Sometimes my grandfather was awake, and would sit with me while I looked up at the stars, needing to see something fixed and permanent while everything else in my life was falling apart. — Morgan Matson

It will be scary. But I know you can do it. Know that I'll be with you, if there's any way that I can manage it. And know that I have always -and will, for always- love you. — Morgan Matson

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

DAD!" I screamed as I barreled into the house, Toby at my heels. A second later, I realized how that sounded. "Everything is fine!" I yelled a moment later. There was no need to give my father a heart attack.
"No, it's not!" Toby yelled, though a little less loudly than me. "We need help!"
"What's going on? — 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

There was a spark between us that I'd never felt with any of the other (four) guys that I'd kissed. When we were making out, it was almost impossible for me to keep my hands off of him, and kissing him made my stomach flip over. — Morgan Matson

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

In a well-ordered universe ... camping would take place indoors. — Morgan Matson

Emily, I might be hallucinating," she said calmly, as she turned to me. "Because I could almost swear that was Frank Porter. — 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

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

And really, it's not about the destination. It's getting there that's the good part. — Morgan Matson

But I'd taken Lucien's lead and ordered what he had, something called sweet tea. — 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

And as I touched his cheek and his hand tightened on my waist, I leaned forward to kiss him again, knowing as I did that something was ending while something else had already begun -Andie — Morgan Matson

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

I couldn't help but notice that he'd pronounced her name differently, like her name, and only her name, contained all the good letters. — Morgan Matson

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

You're the brightest thing in the room," he said. He lifted his hand from my waist, and slowly, carefully brushed a stray lock of hair from my cheek. "You shine. — Morgan Matson

Anyone else would have probably stayed put
or at least looked deeply uncomfortable, but Frank seemed like he was taking this in stride, like helping to reunite friends was just a normal thing he did. — 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

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

Theoretical crushes could remain perfect and flawless, because you never actually had to find out what that person was really like or deal with the weird way they chewed or anything. — Morgan Matson

Just because you'd left something behind didn't mean that it had gone anywhere. — 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

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

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

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

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

Wait," Toby said, talking over her as she looked around at all of us. "So this means all you guys are off, like, rounding the bases and I'm still in the dugout. I'm the person selling Cracker Jack in the stands."
"This metaphor is getting weird," Palmer murmured to me. — 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

I started really crying, letting out everything I'd been holding tightly inside. I was relieved, but mostly I was just sad. Sad that I'd been holding on to this when I didn't have to. — Morgan Matson

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

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

Ad astra per aspera, to the stars through adversity — Morgan Matson

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

I climbed on my bike and headed down Main Street, noticing that puddles were already starting to form on the pavement. — Morgan Matson

A man on a quest. A Don Quixote searching for his Dulcinea. But keep in mind my good friend, Don Quixote never found his Dulcinea, did he? He did not. There sometimes isn't much difference between a knight's quest and a fool's errand. — 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

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

I found myself thinking, more than I really should have, of Frank's hands on my bare back, of his fingers tangled in my hair, of his mouth on mine, of the way he'd run his thumb over my cheek, of the fact that it had been, without question, the best kiss I'd ever gotten. But none of this changed the fact that I missed him in my life. I hadn't realized how much I'd come to rely on him, how often I'd text him throughout the day, how much I needed his perspective on things, how boring my iPod seemed without his music. — Morgan Matson

Even though it was past eight, there was still some light left - it was one of those long summer twilights that seem to go on forever, the light somehow tinged with blue. I — Morgan Matson

Sloane: But what if it doesn't work out?
Emily: But what if it does? — Morgan Matson

I'm so sorry-I broke you moose? — 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

Once, I dared to dare greatly. — Morgan Matson

I was still a little amazed that this was happening. That this, the thing that had seemed so impossible, so terrifying, so utterly beyond me, was happening. I was having fun. And that I was the one who made it happen. "I did it," I said out loud, sendind my voice up to the stars above me, not really caring if the others heard me. — Morgan Matson

Roger, he has a chain saw, I hissed
I am not going to die in Kentucky! — Morgan Matson

I'm not worried about your making friends, having fun, learning, or making your mark on the world. The only thing that I'm a little worried about is your heart. — Morgan Matson

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

If you don't feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won't be able to tell the difference — 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

Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you."
Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his mouth lifted in a smile. "I knew that," he murmured. "Always knew that. — 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

And she kept following the truck, like we were a very small parade, waving and waving, until Frank took the curve in the road and then she was gone. — Morgan Matson

Nothing worth doing is easy," frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up. — 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

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

In all the medical dramas I'd ever seen, there was always some solution, some last-minute, miraculously undiscovered remedy. Nobody ever just gave up on a patient. But it seemed like in real life, they did. — Morgan Matson

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

I felt myself swallow hard, thinking of the full glimpse I'd just gotten, and also wondering if there was a way I could suggest that he maybe stop wearing a shirt on our runs. — Morgan Matson

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

I'd found out that when you're never going to see someone again, it's not the good-bye that matters. What matters is that you're never going to be able to say anything else to them, and you're left with an eternal unfinished conversation. — Morgan Matson

I tried to think of puns that might make my father laugh one more time, and I looked at the stars. — 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

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

If you have to look any further than your own backyard to find your hearts desire, you never really lost it to begin with — Morgan Matson

There sometimes isn't much difference between a knight's quest and a fool's errand. - Drew — Morgan Matson

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

But this was the way I liked things. I ended it (or he did), I had a few weeks' getting over it and
listening to lots of girl-power music and eating ice cream, and then, before too long, I'd start to crush
on someone new and would begin the whole cycle over again. It worked for me. — Morgan Matson

Frank turned to look down at me, and he was right there, so close. Hi, he said.
I looked up at him.Now that the moment was here, it didn't feel scary. What would happen would happen, and I couldn't know or control it. But I was ready for it to begin. Hey, I said.
In a well-ordered universe, he said, and I could hear how nervous he was, I'd be able to do this. He leaned his head down and kissed me softly, then pulled back, making sure this was okay.
I smiled at him. Then we must be in one, I said. And as the sun rose behind us and he bent his head down to kiss me again, I leaned forward.
Toward him, and to whatever came next. — Morgan Matson

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

I wasn't sure what would happen with us. I knew that there were no guarantees. Terrible things happened when you were least expecting them, on sunny Saturday mornings, and the consequences just had to be lived with, every day. But it seemed that wonderful things could happen too. You could be forced to take a trip, not knowing who you would meet. Not knowing that it would change your life. — Morgan Matson

And sometimes," she added, in slightly hushed tones, like she was letting me in on a secret, "if you don't feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won't be able to tell the difference." (Bronwyn) — Morgan Matson

He looked right at me as he gave me a half smile. "You're the brightest thing in the room", he said. He lifted his hand from my waist, and slowly, carefully brushed a stray lock of hair from my cheek. "You shine".
My breath caught in my throat. People said those kinds of things about Sloane-not about me.
"What?" frank asked, his eyes on mine.
"Just ... " I took a shaky breath. "Nobody's ever said something like that to me."
"Then they don't see what I see," he said. — Morgan Matson

All the stuff you can't wait to get away from, until it's not there anymore, and then you miss it like crazy. — Morgan Matson

She spoke fast, and seemed to be a combination of stressed out and on the verge of cracking up, which was a mixture I wasn't sure I'd ever seen before. — Morgan Matson

A thousand moments that I had just taken for granted- mostly because I had assumed that there would be a thousand more. — Morgan Matson

I tried to shut out the feelings that were hurting my heart with a thousand tiny pinpricks, which was somehow worse that having it broken all at once. — 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

And I felt, in the silence that followed, everything that had happened on the trip to bring me to this place. — 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

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

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

You don't have to go away to know where your home is. — Morgan Matson

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

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

This idea that the person who kisses you first gets, with that kiss, a little piece of your soul. And they have a hold over you. Most people don't ever use it against you. But some people do. — Morgan Matson

I turned and saw that Frank had joined me in the line. He took a step closer to me and said in a low voice, Mind if I jump the line? He glanced behind him at the older couple who were pursing their lips in disapproval, and said, too loudly, Thank you for saving my place in line, Emily! — 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

How was I supposed to keep living in this town when everything I saw reminded me of someone I'd lost? — 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

I could do this. If whole galaxies could change, so could I. — Morgan Matson