Morgan Matson

Love isn’t all we need—love is all there is.

It just gets hard, always being someone’s second choice.

“You can’t just leave people behind because you think it’s going to be too hard to commit to a friendship. You can’t live your life that way.”

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

“It’ll all work out in the end.” This was Classic Palmer—she was hardwired for optimism and seemed absolutely incapable of not seeing the bright side. All the Aldens were like that. They didn’t dwell; they looked for solutions, made some snacks, and kept moving forward.

—C. B. McCallister, A Murder of Crows. Hightower & Jax, New York.

And then he leaned forward, or I did, and then his lips were on mine.

—C. B. McCallister, “The Coin of the Realm.” Hightower & Jax, New York.