--- title: "27 Really Mattered Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 27 Really Mattered quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Really Mattered sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/sarah-dessen-110_forever_but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forev_1932268.png" --- > [But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forever-that-really-mattered-and-2/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/sarah-dessen-110_forever_but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forev_1932268.png) > [“didnt men ever think about anything that really mattered?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-margaret/didnt-men-ever-think-about-anything-that-really-mattered/) [Mitchell Margaret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-margaret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/mitchell-margaret-263896_mattered_didnt-men-ever-think-about-anything-that_379656.jpg) > [“When life is taking its ordinary course, it was hard to remember what really mattered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubinubin/when-life-is-taking-its-ordinary-course-it-was-hard-to-remember-what/) [Gretchen Rubinubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubinubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/gretchen-rubinubin-240778_life_when-life-is-taking-its-ordinary-course_2637965.jpg) > [Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/nothing-really-mattered-and-nothing-could-be-lost/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/miranda-july-1600_depersonalization_nothing-really-mattered-and-nothing-coul_3191539.jpg) > [Someone who was a part of my life. Probably the only one that really mattered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franco-nero/someone-who-was-a-part-of-my-life-probably-the-only-one-that-really/) [Franco Nero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franco-nero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/franco-nero-37610_life_someone-who-was-a-part-of-my-life-probab_2345001.png) > [He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/he-told-me-that-love-was-the-only-thing-that-really-mattered-in-the/) [Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/gabrielle-zevin-626_love_he-told-me-that-love-was-the-only-thing_2168056.png) > [“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered was that she was alive”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/the-world-was-collapsing-and-the-only-thing-that-really-mattered-was/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/rick-riordan-27_collapsing_the-world-was-collapsing-and-the-only-th_2348885.jpg) > [“Or, maybe what really mattered was that game of Crazy 8s.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-marinello-sweeney/or-maybe-what-really-mattered-was-that-game-of-crazy-8s/) [Gina Marinello-Sweeney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-marinello-sweeney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/gina-marinello-sweeney-10878_meaning_or-maybe-what-really-mattered-was-that-g_1133579.jpg) > [I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/i-have-never-felt-that-anything-really-mattered-but-knowing-that-you/) [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/eleanor-roosevelt-381_done_i-have-never-felt-that-anything-really-m_305271.jpg) > [There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/there-was-nothing-in-this-world-that-was-not-a-con-suddenly-i/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/miranda-july-1600_lost_there-was-nothing-in-this-world-that-was_655032.jpg) > [“It was all very well occupying the moral high ground on electoral reform, but what really mattered, she thought, was how you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/it-was-all-very-well-occupying-the-moral-high-ground-on-electoral/) [Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/alexander-mccall-smith-372_high-ground_it-was-all-very-well-occupying-the-moral_1875213.png) > [Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-really-mattered-that-much-not-the-good-things-and-not-the-bad/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/john-green-12_amusement_nothing-really-mattered-that-much-not-th_2045022.jpg) > [“But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening. Right then, and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forever-that-really-mattered-and/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/sarah-dessen-110_every-moment_but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forev_135519.jpg) > [I would rather not have upset him, but I couldn't see any reason to change my life. Looking back on it, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-would-rather-not-have-upset-him-but-i-couldn-t-see-any-reason-to/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/albert-camus-47_ambition_i-would-rather-not-have-upset-him-but-i_466672.jpg) > [“What mattered in combat, what really mattered, was not only understanding why you asked men to risk their lives, but making them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bowden/what-mattered-in-combat-what-really-mattered-was-not-only/) [Mark Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/mark-bowden-7188_mattered_what-mattered-in-combat-what-really-matt_3007344.jpg) > [The only thing as a kid that really mattered to me was that I wouldn't quit. When I say 'quit,' I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-hart/the-only-thing-as-a-kid-that-really-mattered-to-me-was-that-i-wouldn/) [Beth Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/beth-hart-7281_learning_the-only-thing-as-a-kid-that-really-matt_2396455.jpg) > [As someone who has an affinity and passion for discussing racial and cultural issues, I made it a point to only discuss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-whitlock/as-someone-who-has-an-affinity-and-passion-for-discussing-racial-and/) [Jason Whitlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-whitlock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/jason-whitlock-4873_only_as-someone-who-has-an-affinity-and-passi_2962948.png) > [“When it's all said and done, the only thing that matter in life are so damn simple. Family, friends. being safe and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marsden/when-it-s-all-said-and-done-the-only-thing-that-matter-in-life-are-so/) [John Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marsden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/john-marsden-3782_family-friends_when-it-s-all-said-and-done-the-only-thi_1265510.png) > [You discovered yourself and what really mattered only after you passed through the lens of the fairy tale, imposed on every human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lethem/you-discovered-yourself-and-what-really-mattered-only-after-you/) [Jonathan Lethem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lethem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/jonathan-lethem-1403_fairy_you-discovered-yourself-and-what-really_1375318.png) > [Being involved really mattered to me, but also when I think about songwriting, for example, and where I pull inspiration from, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-abrams/being-involved-really-mattered-to-me-but-also-when-i-think-about/) [Gracie Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/gracie-abrams-5738_inspiration_being-involved-really-mattered-to-me-but_1011679.jpg) > [Life could take on any number of shapes while you were busy fighting your own demons. But if you were changing at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/life-could-take-on-any-number-of-shapes-while-you-were-busy-fighting/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/jodi-picoult-45_busy_life-could-take-on-any-number-of-shapes_2112583.jpg) > [I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-was-thinking-how-amazing-it-was-that-the-world-contained-so-many/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/jeffrey-eugenides-462_amazing-world_i-was-thinking-how-amazing-it-was-that-t_694440.jpg) > [“Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about. It was twenty minutes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/forever-was-so-many-different-things-it-was-always-changing-it-was-3/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/sarah-dessen-110_every-moment_forever-was-so-many-different-things-it_2954162.png) > [“what really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/what-really-mattered-in-life-what-gave-it-weight-was-death/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/jeffrey-eugenides-462_death_what-really-mattered-in-life-what-gave-i_278530.png) > [The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/the-world-was-collapsing-and-the-only-thing-that-really-mattered-to/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/rick-riordan-27_alive_the-world-was-collapsing-and-the-only-th_2837232.jpg) > [“Clothes were to Sylvia what books were to me: the only thing that really mattered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/clothes-were-to-sylvia-what-books-were-to-me-the-only-thing-that/) [Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/kimberly-mccreight-29809_book_clothes-were-to-sylvia-what-books-were-t_678423.jpg) > [And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/and-in-some-of-the-houses-people-were-getting-old-and-sick-and-were/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/jeffrey-eugenides-462_death_and-in-some-of-the-houses-people-were-ge_201845.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/really-mattered/#itemlist", "name": "Really Mattered Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forever-that-really-mattered-and-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/sarah-dessen-110_forever_but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forev_1932268.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/sarah-dessen-110_forever_but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forev_1932268.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/sarah-dessen-110_forever_but-there-was-only-one-truth-about-forev_1932268.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“didnt men ever think about anything that really mattered?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitchell Margaret" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-margaret/didnt-men-ever-think-about-anything-that-really-mattered/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/mitchell-margaret-263896_mattered_didnt-men-ever-think-about-anything-that_379656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/mitchell-margaret-263896_mattered_didnt-men-ever-think-about-anything-that_379656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/mitchell-margaret-263896_mattered_didnt-men-ever-think-about-anything-that_379656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“didnt men ever think about anything that really mattered?” — Mitchell Margaret", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When life is taking its ordinary course, it was hard to remember what really mattered.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gretchen Rubinubin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubinubin/when-life-is-taking-its-ordinary-course-it-was-hard-to-remember-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/gretchen-rubinubin-240778_life_when-life-is-taking-its-ordinary-course_2637965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/gretchen-rubinubin-240778_life_when-life-is-taking-its-ordinary-course_2637965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/gretchen-rubinubin-240778_life_when-life-is-taking-its-ordinary-course_2637965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When life is taking its ordinary course, it was hard to remember what really mattered.” — Gretchen Rubinubin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miranda July" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/nothing-really-mattered-and-nothing-could-be-lost/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/miranda-july-1600_depersonalization_nothing-really-mattered-and-nothing-coul_3191539.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/miranda-july-1600_depersonalization_nothing-really-mattered-and-nothing-coul_3191539.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/miranda-july-1600_depersonalization_nothing-really-mattered-and-nothing-coul_3191539.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.” — Miranda July", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Someone who was a part of my life. 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