It’s not about the destination. It’s getting there that’s the good part.
- Leonard
Tags: young-adult roadtrip
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 mean …"
"Oh, no," Roger said quickly, and I could see that he was blushing again. "No. I mean—I meant what you’re wearing. Are you going to be too warm?
Tags: funny amy amy-roger-s-epic-detour roger
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.
Morgan MatsonTags: books humour funny amy-curry
I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.
Morgan MatsonTags: life
I made it to the sidewalk and took off Bronwyn's shoes, looping the heel straps over my wrists. The stars above were beautiful, the sky was amazingly clear, and I could smell the fire faintly, but I barely registered any of it
Morgan MatsonSoon 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.
Morgan MatsonI blinked them back, hard. I had a feeling that if I let myself start crying, there was a very real possibility I would never stop again.
Morgan MatsonI’d always loved the chance to become someone else for a few hours. Someone for whom the words had been written, every gesture and emotion plotted, and the ending figured out. Almost like life. Just without the surprises.
Morgan Matsonthere was something about being alone in places that were usually filled with people that made them seem particularly empty when it was just you.
Morgan MatsonIf you like everything, that’s basically just saying that you don’t really like anything.
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