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81 " 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 pull back at the last second because they’re scared. They hurt themselves and other people. "
― Morgan Matson , Second Chance Summer
82 " I’d found out that when you’re never going to see someone again, it’s not the good-bye that matters. What matters is that you’re never going to be able to say anything else to them, and you’re left with an eternal unfinished conversation. "
― Morgan Matson , Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
83 " He looked right at me as he gave me a half smile. "You're the brightest thing in the room", he said. He lifted his hand from my waist, and slowly, carefully brushed a stray lock of hair from my cheek. "You shine".My breath caught in my throat. People said those kinds of things about Sloane-not about me."What?" frank asked, his eyes on mine."Just..." I took a shaky breath. "Nobody's ever said something like that to me.""Then they don't see what I see," he said. "
― Morgan Matson , Since You've Been Gone
84 " Ad astra per aspera, to the stars through adversity "
85 " If you like everything, that’s basically just saying that you don’t really like anything. "
86 " You've got to have pride in your home. You are where you're from. Otherwise, you're always going to be lost. "
87 " I could do this. If whole galaxies could change, so could I. "
― Morgan Matson , The Unexpected Everything
88 " 4. Date someone who'll wait to make sure you get inside before driving away. "
89 " Roger: "God, I've been wanting to do that for a long time."Amy: "Really"Roger: "Oh yes. Since Kansas. At least. "
90 " This felt like the way you get nervous right before something exciting happens-the moment when you're balanced on the top of the roller coaster, the hush before the surprise party, the second after the diving board but before the water, when you can close your eyes and imagine, for just a second, that you're flying. The feeling that good things were coming, almost here, any moment now. "
91 " And I was realizing that it was pretty terrible to be sitting in silence with someone who you always used to have something to say to "
92 " Just because you'd left something behind didn't mean that it had gone anywhere. "
93 " And sometimes,” she added, in slightly hushed tones, like she was letting me in on a secret, “if you don’t feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won’t be able to tell the difference.” (Bronwyn) "
94 " Roger, he has a chain saw," I hissed. "I am not going to die in Kentucky! "
95 " You have to try. You have to take your chances. Go and attempt and see what happens. And even if you fail - especially if you fail - come back with your experience and your hard-won knowledge and a story you can tell. And then later you can say, without regret or hesitation... 'Once, I dared to dare greatly "
96 " I think there are lots of things still to be discovered. You just have to be paying attention. "
97 " I loved the idea that people could discover things. That you could be the person to see something first. Or see something that nobody else had been able to. "
98 " I’d always loved the chance to become someone else for a few hours. Someone for whom the words had been written, every gesture and emotion plotted, and the ending figured out. Almost like life. Just without the surprises. "
99 " Looking at it, I got, for the first time, why people would bring flowers to sick people, stuck inside the hospital with no way to get outside. It was like bringing them a little bit of the world that was going on without them. "
100 " But you can't help who you fall for. The heart wants what it wants. "