They signified what had mattered to you, and what mattered…

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

— Michelle Gable

“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

“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

“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

Death mattered not -- It was a mere puncutation

— Nathan Huggins

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

— George Orwell

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

— Maki Murakami

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

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

“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

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

— Tracy Chapman

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

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

“She had realized something over the recent months: it didn’t matter who you were or what you’d accomplished in life; none of that mattered…

— Lindy Zart

It was a recession when I graduated, but I was so unequipped to have a job anyway, I don't think it would have mattered…

— Jeffrey Eugenides