what mattered was still there. That was what they all…

“What mattered was stil there. That was what they all felt, and what surprised them all. What mattered couldnt be shaken.”

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“It seemed they viewed her differently now. She had status. She mattered. All at once they were interested in what she had to say.…

— Anne Tyler

We'd grown up without any money. I mean, everything was a struggle; our lives were a struggle, and dancing changed all of that. Nothing…

— Arlene Phillips

All I cared about was the music, like hearing Townes [ Van Zandt] talking about "For the sake of the song"; it's all that…

— Steve Young

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.

— Tracy Chapman

“Your first kiss isn’t as important as your last. The math test really didn’t matter. The pie really did. The stuff you’re good at…

— Ethan Wate

He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either…

— Sarah Dessen

His face was in my neck and he was breathing hard. Was he grieving me? Already? Would he miss me? Had I, in some…

— Karen Marie Moning

“I don't. If it mattered to me even one bit, I wouldn't be here with you, Nakano-san!”

— Maki Murakami

Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?

— George Orwell

Death mattered not -- It was a mere puncutation

— Nathan Huggins

“There it was, Hema must have thought; it was both the sorry and the thank-you that was so long overdue, and the funny thing…

— Abraham Verghese

“Knowing you don’t have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out—more like, they figure themselves out—and…

— Kami Garcia

“Climbing mattered. The danger bathed the world in a halogen glow that caused everything—the sweep of the rock, the orange and yellow lichens, the…

— Jon Krakauer

“History mattered. But it could not guarantee what might happen next.”

— Michelle Gable