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1 " There comes a point in everyone's life when the only thing you can manage to do is sit. To sit and stare. To sit and stare and wonder how everything got so messed up that you've passed the point of caring.The Whys Have It "
― Amy Matayo
2 " Don't let the whys have it. Don't let them take advantage of you. They'll crush your heart and steal your peace and mess with your mind and wrap around you so tight you won't be able to breathe. Don't le the whys ruin your life, child. Every time they try to sneak up, push them aside and move forward. "
― Amy Matayo , The Whys Have It
3 " Some people dream of becoming doctors or artists or veterinarians or teachers. I dream of the day Shaye laughs without stopping, and when she does, it will be only to take a breath before starting over again. "
― Amy Matayo , The End of the World
4 " God is the one who puts dreams inside you. So you'd better chase them fast, before He decides to let them chase you instead....Because sometimes He does that, just to get your attention. "
― Amy Matayo , Love Gone Wild (Reality Show #2)
5 " You might not be able to run a paintbrush over unpleasant memories, but you can certainly cover them with a black cloth and pretend they don't exist. "
6 " It's the almost that haunts me. Even now. "
7 " . . . because she knows the secret: that humans need contact to thrive, that a broken heart is only one crack away from a broken spirit, and that both can be mended by smoothing on thin layers of love. "
8 " That's the thing about missing something; some things are meant to remain that way: longed for and wondered about and thought of fondly. But missed all the same. "
9 " Sometimes, life happens in the little victories. "
10 " Almost as if I have shoved her into a cocoon of my own making, where wings are held tight and breath is taken within the confines of minimal space. And now that we’re out . . . Olivia has become a butterfly with a wingspan so wide and beautiful it fills this entire room. And once again, I’ve become a freaking poet. "
― Amy Matayo , The Thirteenth Chance
11 " You'll never be ready. Some things you just have to deal with head on and see what happens. You can't save anything if you don't save yourself first. "
12 " Things change the moment we set our minds on a certain direction. Determination kicks in. A fierceness we didn’t know we possessed bathes us with strength. Fire ignites in our bellies, daring anyone and anything to burn us down. "
― Amy Matayo , The Waves (Love In Chaos #1)
13 " No matter how hard life gets, there's always goodness right around the corner. All you have to do is look for it. "
14 " People spend all their lives chasing possessions and money and status, but in the end, what they desire most is to be seen. To Matter. In the end, basic need is all anyone wants "
― Amy Matayo , The Last Shot (Love In Chaos Book 3)
15 " You can ask why all day long if you want to. You can ask God why and your friends why and yourself why until you're buried in nothing but that single question, but you'll never get an answer. This side of heaven, time is the only thing that helps a little bit. So don't give in. Don't let the whys have it. Don't let them take advantage of you. They'll crush your heart and steal your peace and mess with your mind and wrap around you so tight you won't be able to breathe. Don't let the whys ruin your life, child. Every time they try to sneak up, push them aside and move forward. Trust me, it's the only way you can get on with living."I turn toward the window and think about her words. "What if I can't? Let it go, I mean?"I don't see her smile, but I can hear it. "You can. I know you can. Because no matter how hard life gets, there's always goodness right around the corner. All you have to do is look for it. "
16 " Some people have the Midas touch, other’s dip their fingers in sticky, permanent black ink, Smudged. Unlucky. "
17 " The grin he levels my way has probably shattered hearts all over the country. It's doing quite a number on mine right now. "
18 " With that thought, I shatter into a thousand jagged pieces. And then my best friend in the world does what only a best friend can do—he joins me on the floor and pulls me into his lap. He holds me and cries with me and whispers words of encouragement into my ear until the syllables turn into the sweetest lullaby and I slowly drift to sleep. "
19 " Say what you will about seeing the bright side in every situation, but sometimes there is no bright side. Sometimes the only thing to see is darkness for miles and miles with no way to find even a single glimmer of light. "
20 " I'm more excited than I'll admit when my hand closes around the paperback. It's like I've been handed a secret, a piece of her soul that she just decided to entrust with me. That's the way with writers--every word on a page like a window into their private place, exposing a great deal of vulnerability when they allow others to see inside. Even fiction is made up of the truthful scars of the people telling the story. I should know. I tell the same stories myself every day. "
