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

About Morgan Matson

Portrait of Morgan Matson

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

More quotations from Morgan Matson

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

I was still a little amazed that this was happening. That this, the thing that had seemed so impossible, so terrifying, so utterly beyond me, was happening. I was having fun. And I was the one who made it happen.

—Morgan Matson in Since You've Been Gone

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

—Morgan Matson in Since You've Been Gone

relationships safety dating

I don't think you have to do something so big to be brave. And it's the little things that are harder anyway.

—Morgan Matson in Since You've Been Gone

difficulty bravery