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101 " But one thing that I was learning about what happened when you stuck around—it usually seemed that other people were willing to stick by you as well. "
― Morgan Matson , Second Chance Summer
102 " Knowing that each breath was another moment he was still here and, simultaneously, that meant that he had just moved a little closer to being gone. "
103 " It will be scary. But I know you can do it. Know that I'll be with you, if there's any way that I can manage it. And know that I have always -and will, for always- love you. "
104 " The thing about Magellan is the thing about all these explorers. Most of the time, they’re just determined to chase impossible things. And most of them are so busy looking at the horizon that they can’t even see what’s right in front of them. "
― Morgan Matson , Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
105 " Hey," he said smiling at me pulling off his sunglasses. "Did you get me something good?" "I think so," I said trying to ignore how hard my heart was beating. Then before I could think about it or analyze or consider what I was doing I leaned over and kissed him. "
106 " Because believing you’re not alone is the cruelest trick of all. "
― Morgan Matson , The Unexpected Everything
107 " And it was a kiss that felt like it could stop time. "
― Morgan Matson , Since You've Been Gone
108 " there was something about being alone in places that were usually filled with people that made them seem particularly empty when it was just you. "
109 " In addition to the OPEN RANGE CAUTION, there were animal signs I'd never seen before-an antelope, a cow, and cow with horns...But it worried me that, without warning, a cow with horns might be running across the interstate. And that this had happened frequently enough that they'd had to erect a sign to warn people about it. "
110 " How was I supposed to keep living in this town when everything I saw reminded me of someone I'd lost? "
111 " The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them. Columbus and America. Pinzón who stumbled on Brazil while looking for the West Indies. Stanley happening on Victoria Falls. And you. Amy Curry when I was least expecting her." I smiled back at him while feeling sharply just how much I was going to miss him. It was almost a physical pain. "I'm on that list?""You're at the top of that list." He leaned over and kissed me and I kissed back. "
112 " I blinked them back, hard. I had a feeling that if I let myself start crying, there was a very real possibility I would never stop again. "
113 " Love isn't all we need--love is all there is. "
114 " I was still a little amazed that this was happening. That this, the thing that had seemed so impossible, so terrifying, so utterly beyond me, was happening. I was having fun. And that I was the one who made it happen. "I did it," I said out loud, sendind my voice up to the stars above me, not really caring if the others heard me. "
115 " In all the medical dramas I’d ever seen, there was always some solution, some last-minute, miraculously undiscovered remedy. Nobody ever just gave up on a patient. But it seemed like in real life, they did. "
116 " You can always find your way out, no matter how lost you are. "
117 " Do you not like The Beatles?" Frank asked, sounding shocked. "Do you also not like sunshine and laughter and puppies? I don't think the Beatles get enough recognition. I mean, when you look at their body of work and how they changed music forever. I think there should be federal holidays and parades "
118 " There weren‘t enough tears to cry. "
119 " A man on a quest. A Don Quixote searching for his Dulcinea. But keep in mind my good friend, Don Quixote never found his Dulcinea, did he? He did not. There sometimes isn’t much difference between a knight’s quest and a fool’s errand. "
120 " It was like hitting the snooze button on your alarm—your sleep in that window is never very good, since you know it’s borrowed time, and that it will be over all too soon. "