“ I waited to feel incredibly embarrassed, but the feeling didn't come. It was more like a small victory, a secret to everyone else but me. Morgan Matson
“ I saw the statue completely different now. I'd decided that he wasn't pointing to anything or anyone. Now all I could see was that he was reaching out his hand to someone. For me that explained the ex… Morgan Matson
“ We were kissing like it was a long-forgotten language that we'd once been fluent in and were finding again Morgan Matson
“ And when I started to cry as I pulled into my driveway,it was coming down hard enough that I could pretend that it was only the rain hitting my face, and not the fact that I'd just lost another friend… Morgan Matson
“ 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. Morgan Matson
“ Nothing worth doing is easy," frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up. Morgan Matson
“ I was speaking without thinking about it first, not hesitating, just saying what I felt first. Morgan Matson
“ 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… Morgan Matson
“ 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. Morgan Matson
“ It was like a bomb had just gone off in the kitchen, and instead of cleaning up the rubble, people were stepping around it and eating mini-quiche. Morgan Matson
“ It's always a risk. Wherever there is great emotion. because there is power in that. And few people handle power well. Morgan Matson
“ I kept thinking back to all those nights in Connecticut, when I was out the door as soon as dinner was over, yelling my plans behind me as I headed to my car, ready for my real night to begin—my time… Morgan Matson
“ When you move as much as I have...you know how it ends. You promise to stay in touch with people, but it doesn't work out. It never does. And you forgot about what the friendship used to be like, why… Morgan Matson
“ And we were kissing like drowning people breathe-- like suddenly we'd discovered something that has never been so sweet before that moment. Morgan Matson
“ What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from? Morgan Matson
“ Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you."Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his mouth lifted in a smile. "I knew that," he murmured. "Always knew… Morgan Matson
