Quotes From "Since Youve Been Gone" By Morgan Matson

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All the stuff you can’t wait to get away from, until it’s not there anymore, and then you miss it like crazy. Morgan Matson
In a well-ordered universe...
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In a well-ordered universe... Morgan Matson
Real friends are the ones you can count on no...
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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. Morgan Matson
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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 you liked that person. And I hated it. And I just didn't want to do it again. Not with you. Morgan Matson
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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
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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
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I was speaking without thinking about it first, not hesitating, just saying what I felt first. Morgan Matson
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Nothing worth doing is easy, " frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up. Morgan Matson
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In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors. Morgan Matson
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I looked like someone who'd had a night, and had a story to tell about it. Morgan Matson
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Ryan was a nose away from the tallest cake on display, a six-foot-high chocolate masterpiece Jesse and I had created for this year's fairs. Detailed water nymph's interspersed with insects and toadstools, all sculpted by hand in rich dark chocolate. Anouska Knight
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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
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If there was a dress that could make a fashion-appreciative girl out of me, this was it. The colors shimmered from gunmetal to pewter, reminding me of frost on the hedgerows where the light caught. The V of the neck decoratively dipped towards what Martha told me was an empty line, where organza, the color of stormy skies, fell all the way to the floor. Anouska Knight
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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
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Gnats drifted on the same warm summer breeze that saw colorful paper lanterns swaying on their strings. Lily of the valley filled jam jars at each table, but sweet peas had won out in the battle to fragrance the evening air. Anouska Knight
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We were kissing like it was a long-forgotten language that we'd once been fluent in and were finding again Morgan Matson