The Distance from Me to You Quotes

“Brendan reached out and took her hand. “I wish you’d let me call you, though,” he said. “It’s going to be so weird, not talking to you.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“Hey,” McKenna said. “Life is long. You know? Who knows what’ll happen down the road.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“It’s too soon to plan our lives around each other right now.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“Someone from hospital billing. I had to sign up for Medicaid. They’ll pay for all this.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“Sam threw what was left of the raw, semi-rancid fish aside and plucked a couple mushrooms from the dirt. He’d only eat a couple, enough to keep him going.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“McKenna was glad. She couldn’t explain why, but it didn’t feel like defeat, or caving in. More like she’d traded one sensation for another.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“Inside her chest, something blossomed. The way some moments stay with you forever: McKenna knew that for the rest of her life, rain on a tent flap would be the sound of falling in love.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“In her whole life, nobody had ever said anything so romantic, or so confusing, to her.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“I woke up and you were still sleeping. I could smell your hair. My first thought was that I never wanted to let you go. And then my second thought was, I had to get out of there.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“and she didn’t know how to do the most basic thing in the world, which was make a boy kiss her.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“See you on the trail, Mack,” he’d said when she headed off at first light.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“She stepped away so Sam’s arm slid off her. Then she headed down the trail at a fast pace. “Hey,” Sam said, trotting to keep up. “Are you okay?” “Yeah,” she said. “Why wouldn’t I be?” “Seemed like those guys were bugging you.” “No. I mean, they were. But I had it covered.” “Oh yeah?” “Yeah.” She was mad at the guys, not Sam, she reminded herself. But at the same time she was mad at guys in general. A species Sam just happened to belong to. “Well, in that case,” Sam said, “I shouldn’t hold my breath for a thank-you?” “Probably not.” McKenna kept walking, fast, uphill. Behind her, she heard Sam stop, felt his eyes on her back. “You’re welcome!” he called. She didn’t turn around, just lifted her hand and waved as she walked on. Men. Making the whole world believe that a woman couldn’t and shouldn’t feel safe on her own. Even a strong, tough woman like Linda, who’d managed to survive a war. It made McKenna seriously mad. Why should she have to feel unsafe? Didn’t this world belong to her as much as it belonged to any man? Yes, it did. McKenna refused to let them make her feel unsafe, either by cornering her, or by”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“She’s all right. The kids are a pain in the butt, but it’s a free place to live.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“Like living inside someone’s mouth,”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“He wasn’t the kind of guy to marry his high school girlfriend. Practical.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You

“Courtney could not risk running into McKenna’s parents while she was supposed to be on the trail.”
― Marina Gessner, The Distance from Me to You