Maya

“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, Since You've Been Gone

“He kissed me back. It lasted just a moment, but he kissed me back, right away, without hesitation, as though we’d always been doing it.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“Nothing worth doing is easy," frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“As we stepped inside, I waited for it to get strange, now that I could see him clearly again—his brown eyes, his reddish hair, his freckles. But it didn’t. And I didn’t understand why until I’d gotten back into the car and Frank had waved at me from the door and I’d turned in the direction of home. It seemed that somewhere between the arguments about the merits of ninja movies, he’d stopped being Frank Porter, class president, unknowable person. He’d stopped being a stranger, a guy, someone I didn’t know how to talk to.  That night, in the darkness, sharing our secrets and favorite pizza-topping preferences, he’d moved closer to just being Frank—maybe, possibly, even my friend.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone