A Thousand Miles Quotes

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

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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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