“I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.” — Morgan Matson Life Copy Share Image
“How was I supposed to keep living in this town when everything I saw reminded me of someone I'd lost?” — Morgan Matson Life Copy Share Image
“In a well-ordered universe,” I said to Frank, “there would be no mysteries.” — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“I don’t think you have to do something so big to be brave. And it’s the little things that are harder anyway.” — Morgan Matson Brave Copy Share Image
“What do you think a Chick-fil-A is?” Roger asked, as we pulled off the interstate and into the parking lot.” — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“If you like everything, that’s basically just saying that you don’t really like anything.” — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“4. Date someone who'll wait to make sure you get inside before driving away.” — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“And really, it’s not about the destination. It’s getting there that’s the good part.” — Morgan Matson Destination Copy Share Image
“I understood in a flash why, on the Greyhound sign, Arrivals and Departures were right next to each other. Because sometimes, like… — Morgan Matson Greyhound Copy Share Image
“And sometimes,” she added, in slightly hushed tones, like she was letting me in on a secret, “if you don’t feel great… — Morgan Matson Secret Copy Share Image
“As I stared at the stars, I realized that there were always this many of them. It was only when the other… — Morgan Matson Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Clearly, the downside of having a theoretical crush on someone you knew nothing about was the crashing realization that you actually knew… — Morgan Matson Realization Copy Share Image
“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… — Morgan Matson Hurt People Copy Share Image
“I started really crying, letting out everything I'd been holding tightly inside. I was relieved, but mostly I was just sad. Sad… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“It will be scary. But I know you can do it. Know that I'll be with you, if there's any way that… — Morgan Matson Love Copy Share Image
“Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what. The ones who go into the forest to find you… — Morgan Matson Friend Copy Share Image
“The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them. Columbus and America. Pinzón who stumbled on Brazil while… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“He looked right at me as he gave me a half smile. "You're the brightest thing in the room", he said. He… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“As I looked out at the water, I realized there was nowhere to go, nowhere left to run. And I just had… — Morgan Matson Life Copy Share Image
“He stood and looked at me for a moment, taking in my outfit. "You look hot." "What? Me?" I stammered, completely flummoxed.… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“There were no other cars on the road. Just the sound of the wind, and the motor idling, and through his open… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“In the silence that followed, I was aware of just how much I wished things were different. I wanted to be able… — Morgan Matson Barriers Copy Share Image
“Maybe she didn’t do something big. Maybe she just told someone something.” Frank looked over at me, more serious now. “Like what?”… — Morgan Matson Little things Copy Share Image
“I wasn't sure what would happen with us. I knew that there were no guarantees. Terrible things happened when you were least… — Morgan Matson Change your life Copy Share Image
“If you have to look any further than your own backyard to find your hearts desire, you never really lost it to… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“I tried to think of puns that might make my father laugh one more time, and I looked at the stars.” — Morgan Matson Parenting Copy Share Image
“What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were… — Morgan Matson Life Copy Share Image
“I wasn't going anywhere in particular; I just felt the need to be in motion.” — Morgan Matson Motion Copy Share Image
“And real friends never have to tell you that they're your friends.” — Morgan Matson Friend Copy Share Image
“We can’t know what’s going to happen. We can just try to figure it out as we go along. - Roger Sullivan” — Morgan Matson Road trip Copy Share Image
“Roger, he has a chain saw," I hissed. "I am not going to die in Kentucky!” — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“Theoretical crushes could remain perfect and flawless, because you never actually had to find out what that person was really like or… — Morgan Matson Crush Copy Share Image
“You don't have to go away to know where your home is, everyone knows where their home is. And if you don't,… — Morgan Matson Home Copy Share Image
“Knowing that each breath was another moment he was still here and, simultaneously, that meant that he had just moved a little… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“I’d always loved the chance to become someone else for a few hours. Someone for whom the words had been written, every… — Morgan Matson Surprises Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“We lay there together for a little while longer, watching the sun over the lake as it finally started to go down,… — Morgan Matson Twilight Copy Share Image
“Looking at it, I got, for the first time, why people would bring flowers to sick people, stuck inside the hospital with… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
