203 Quotes by Morgan Matson

It seemed like the second you tried to tell someone why you loved someone else, it took the luster off it, like pinning a butterfly down in a case – it never quite captured it.

But it always felt like nothing had really happened until I’d talked to Sloane about it.

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.

Did you ever have a night that just... seemed to change everything?” he asked, sounding happy but a bit bewildered. “And everything is different afterward?” I didn’t and Warren must have seen this on my expression, because he shook his head as he opened the door. “Never mind,” he said. “Forget it. ‘Night, Taylor.

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 her. -Roger Sullivan.

That was our place. That was where we used to make out!

You have to try. You have to take your chances. Go and attempt and see what happens. And even if you fail – especially if you fail – come back with your experience and your hard-won knowledge and a story you can tell. And then later you can say, without regret or hesitation... ‘Once, I dared to dare greatly.

How was I supposed to keep living in this town when everything I saw reminded me of someone I’d lost?

If you like everything, that’s basically just saying that you don’t really like anything.