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21 " 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 , Since You've Been Gone
22 " Terrible things happened when you were least expecting them...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 , Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
23 " It’s not about the destination. It’s getting there that’s the good part.- Leonard "
24 " It was like there was an elephant in the room. An elephant that expected us to have sex. "
25 " I was speaking without thinking about it first, not hesitating, just saying what I felt first. "
26 " And I felt, in the silence that followed, everything that had happened on the trip to bring me to this place. "
27 " In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors. "
28 " You don't have to go away to know where your home is. "
29 " You get up, you dress up, you show up. And usually have a pretty good time by the end of it. "
30 " I looked like someone who'd had a night, and had a story to tell about it. "
31 " ...You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard... "
32 " It was kind of like what I imagined it would be like to drink a forest fire. "
33 " I'll answer that.' He took a deep breath, and I could see his eyes searching mine, like he was looking for an answer. 'I had thought that was the ending,' he finally said. 'But I might have been wrong.''I was just thinking,' I said, sure that the rest of the crowd could probably hear how hard my heart was beating, since it seemed deafening to me, pounding in my ears, 'that maybe Marjorie realized she was in love with Karl. And told him that. And said she was sorry for being scared. "
― Morgan Matson , The Unexpected Everything
34 " 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
35 " 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. "
36 " I know,' I said, thinking about the trip my mother had wanted me to take, and the trip we'd ended up taking, and how much better ours had been. "
37 " We were kissing like it was a long-forgotten language that we'd once been fluent in and were finding again "
38 " We can’t know what’s going to happen. We can just try to figure it out as we go along.- Roger Sullivan "
39 " He told me that if you yelled out "JAMBA!" at full volume, all the employees would yell back "JUICE!" He lied. "
40 " So have adventures. Go exploring. Drive around at midnight. Feel the wind running through your hair.Life is so short, my darling. And there's no day like today. "