Bridget Morrissey > Quotes

“And that’s the whole problem. I’m so afraid to be right or wrong with all my choices that I don’t end up making any. I don’t even have a real career. I’ve never let myself pick, just in case I chose something that wasn’t optimal. So I’ve cobbled together a life of side jobs, always waiting for the big event to arrive.” I threw my arms up. “There is no big event! And I’m finally learning how to put myself out into the world without being so worried about how I’ll be received.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“Everything about my life felt like a placeholder: where I lived, what I wore, how I moved through the world.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“I feel like I can never get too comfortable, or the world will punish me for it.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“You’re always looking out for everyone like that. Trying to make sure no one’s day is ruined except your own.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“Sometimes the best way to love someone else is by protecting your own peace and keeping your distance.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“Messy was good. Messy could stay. And romance could stay. I could have my big heart and my dramatic ideas. I could dress like a kid and still be an adult. I could be young in my heart no matter my age.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“That's who I was to my core---a person who believed in magic. Who found secrets tucked into the fabric of the universe. Who wished on shooting stars and took leaps of faith based on nothing but feelings.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“It’s a gigantic risk to be this familiar. We are dipping our toes into a very deep and irresistible pool of memories—some real, some imagined—without knowing how much either of us is willing to swim.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“Because I’m not Dee right now. I’m the character of me I’ve created to survive my own life. She’s bold. She’s direct. She falls on her ass on purpose, just to get people smiling.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“Sharing a meal with people was one of life's simplest pleasures. In the right company, breaking bread together, walking through the mundanities in our lives felt revelatory. Our simple chatter held so much space for me.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“I want you to go after what you really want. Look me in the eyes and tell me you’re gonna do that. I’m tired of watching you do what you think is safest.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“sure”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“Like I cried to make him feel worse, when in reality, my tear ducts operated separately from the rest of me. They just turned on, faulty faucets in my eyeballs incapable of being repaired.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“As we prepare to eat our last dinner, I ask that all my friends and found family here find the nourishment they need, not just physically but mentally and emotionally. I ask that their time at camp conclude in a fulfilling way that helps everyone see how loved and protected they are. No matter where life takes them, they are always safe here in the mountains with us. The memory of this place is a shield from harm and a balm to the soul. Cheers.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“This was the beginning of something big, that much I knew. It used to be hard for me to cherish new beginnings because I found myself anxious to learn what would come next. I always got too far ahead of myself....Desire hung heavy in the air, a third part to our every action. But the present was perfect too. Sweet and full of hope.”
― Bridget Morrissey

“Instead of my intestines somersaulting, I'm walking faster, almost skipping.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“I'd always known to my parents, love meant suffering. It meant enduring everything, no matter how bad. Only something publicly shameful was worth splitting up over. Even then, a case could be made for 'forgiveness.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“everything is something”
― Bridget Morrissey, When the Light Went Out

“I hate the summer. It’s too hot. Even in the morning.” “I’m sorry.” “Nothing you can do about it.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“Signs didn't just exist to tell me where to go. Sometimes signs reminded me of what I needed to avoid.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“Ethan sat besides me, watching as he always did. An observer of life not unlike my sister. A lot of the time, I'd felt it was up to me to be the one who shimmered enough for the both of us. And I didn't want that anymore. I wanted a teammate.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“A promise is a promise. Five words. After ten years. There’s so much more that needs to be said beyond those seven syllables. But I took one look at her face, and the rest seemed unimportant.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“Regrets are risks you fail to take.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“Trust can only stretch so far without honesty to bolster it up.”
― Bridget Morrissey, Love Scenes

“At that, the band started playing “Hoedown Throwdown” from Hannah Montana: The Movie. “This is what you requested over and over?” Stevie asked me.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“In a way, that’s what Ben has become to me too. He exists in carefully curated fragments. The good times that make me smile and the silly things that charm me. Though sometimes, in fits and shadows, the disappointments surface too.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

“More than anything, I appreciated the level of gravity Stevie lent the moment. It was fun to take silly things seriously. We were adults at a summer camp, after all.”
― Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling

“The whole reason I don’t want to go to this reunion is because I kept all the high school friends I wanted to keep.”
― Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles