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121 " I looked up at him, and a thought passed through my brain before I could stop or analyze it. It’s you—of course it is. There you are. "
― Morgan Matson , The Unexpected Everything
122 " Sloane: But what if it doesn't work out?Emily: But what if it does? "
― Morgan Matson , Since You've Been Gone
123 " I wasn't sure what would happen with us. I knew that there were no guarantees. Terrible things happened when you were least expecting them, on sunny Saturday mornings, and the consequences just had to be lived with, every day. 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
124 " (And believe me, you don't want me to be unhappy. I may be looking into the haunting thing right now.) "
― Morgan Matson , Second Chance Summer
125 " All I could determine was that it must have been a nice thing to see if it was a house you were thinking about moving into. But not so nice if it was the house you were moving out from. I could practically hear Mr Collins, who had taught my fifth-grade English class and was still the most intimidating teacher I'd ever had, yelling at me. "Amy Curry," I could still hear him intoning, "never end a sentence with a preposition!" Irked that after six hears he was still mentally correcting me, I told the Mr. Collins in my head to off fuck. "
126 " It was like someone had turned off the sun. The center of everything was suddenly gone. "
127 " There was no In-N-Out in Connecticut, because clearly that state was an inhospitable wasteland. "
128 " The feeling that I was about to do something without being sure of the outcome. The feeling of just jumping off something and hoping that the ground would be there when I landed. - Amy "
129 " 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. "
130 " You know what my grandma used to say?”“There’s no place like home?” I asked, trying again for a smile, this one less trembly than before.“No,” he said, still looking serious, still holding on to his end of the CD. “Tomorrow will be better.”“But what if it’s not?” I asked.Walcott smiled and let go of the CD. “Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. Younever know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better. "
131 " maybe Lucy was wrong - maybe sometimes there was such a thing as perfect moment. "
132 " She’s been trying to escape since she was little. The thing I don’t think she’s realized is that eventually you have to stop. And what happens when you do? "
133 " Keep people at arm’s length and your feelings to yourself. "
134 " Did you ever have a night that just...seemed to change everything? And everything is different afterward? "
135 " The idea that you could rethink the thing you'd always thought you wanted and change your plan - it was almost a revolutionary concept. That you could choose what would make you happy, not successful" -Andie "
136 " It was like she knew a secret, a good one, and if you got close enough, maybe she'll tell you, too. "
137 " 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 "
138 " There sometimes isn’t much difference between a knight’s quest and a fool’s errand. - Drew "
139 " Soon this would just be who I was. Soon old me would be dead too. I tipped my head against the cold glass of the window. When I felt myself begin to cry, I didn't fight against it. And when I caught my refection in the dark window, I wasn't able to tell what was tears and what was rain. "
140 " Or maybe I hadn't. Maybe I'd just been waiting for this moment, right now. "