About Morgan Matson: Morgan Catherine Matson is a best-selling American novelist and recipient of the California Book Award.
And sometimes," she added, in a slightly hushed tone, 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.
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-gra...
You + Me saw this... AMERICA Thank you for finding America with me
...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...
And I felt, in the silence that followed, everything that had happened on the trip to bring me to this place.
He stood and looked at me for a moment, taking in my outfit. "You look hot." "What? Me?" I stammered, completely flummoxed. "Yeah," he said, still looking at me. "Oh. Um, thank you. I mean, not that you don’t, but I’m not sure that you should—I...
You don't have to go away to know where your home is.
Roger, he has a chain saw," I hissed. "I am not going to die in Kentucky!
It was like there was an elephant in the room. An elephant that expected us to have sex.
Tomorrow will be better.” “But what if it’s not?” I asked. “Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better.
The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them.
The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for it. Columbus and America. Pinzon, who stumbled on Brazil while looking for the West Indies. Stanley happening on Victoria Falls. And you. Amy Curry, when I was least expecting...
And we were kissing like drowning people breathe-- like suddenly we'd discovered something that has never been so sweet before that moment.
I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.
It’s not about the destination. It’s getting there that’s the good part. - Leonard
Nothing worth doing is easy," frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up.
In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors.
And she kept following the truck, like we were a very small parade, waving and waving, until Frank took the curve in the road and then she was gone.
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.
Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what. The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home. And real friends never have to tell you that they’re your friends.
