Date someone who'll wait to make sure you get inside before driving away.

—Morgan Matson in Since You've Been Gone

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About Morgan Matson

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Morgan Catherine Matson (born September 19), also known under her pseudonym Katie Finn, is a New York Times bestselling American novelist.

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You said you didn't want to waste your time on people who aren't going to matter. But how do you know they're not going to matter? Unless you give it a shot?

—Morgan Matson in Second Chance Summer

I was realizing that it was pretty terrible to be sitting in silence with someone who you always used to have something to say to.

—Morgan Matson in Since You've Been Gone

I knew that there were no guarantees. Terrible things happened when you were least expecting them, on sunny Saturday mornings, and the consequences just had to be lived with, every day. But it seemed that wonderful things could happen too. You could be forced to take a trip, not knowing who you would meet. Not knowing that it would change your life.

—Morgan Matson in Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

Did you ever have a night that just…seemed to change everything? And everything is different afterward?

—Morgan Matson in Second Chance Summer

This felt like the way you get nervous right before something exciting happens—the moment when you're balanced on the top of the roller coaster, the hush before the surprise party, the second after the diving board but before the water, when you can close your eyes and imagine, for just a second, that you're flying. The feeling that good things were coming, almost here, any moment now.

—Morgan Matson in Since You've Been Gone

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When I look at my friend's marriages, with their routine day-to-dayness, they actually seem far more romantic than any dating relationship might be. Dating seems romantic, but for the most part it's an extended audition. Marriage seems boring, but for the most part it's a state of comfort and acceptance. Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long-term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over a lifetime. It's quietly romantic. He makes her tea. She goes to the doctor appointment with him. They listen to each other's daily trivia. They put up with each other's quirks. They're there for each other.

—Lori Gottlieb in Marry Him

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The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose.

—Myles Munroe in Waiting and Dating

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There are things in life you can change—your weight, your appearance, your mindset, etc.—but there is one thing you cannot change and that is other people. Try as we might, we cannot get people to love us. Even when we are the coolest best version of ourselves someone is going to say, "Not for me." But if we feel good about ourselves we can shrug it off and say, "It's just a date," and know that there will be others.

—Greg Behrendt in It's Just a Date

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Whenever I date a guy, I think, Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?

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