Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

Most of the time, they’re just determined to chase impossible things. And most of them are so busy looking at the horizon that they can’t even see what’s right in front of them

You’ve got to have pride in your home. You are where you’re from. Otherwise, you’re always going to be lost

There sometimes isn’t much difference between a knight’s quest and a fool’s errand

I knew it was all artifice and would disappear as soon as I washed off the makeup she’d put on me

I was out of practice talking to cute guys. I was out of practice talking to anyone.

I could feel my heart pounding and wondered when a simple introduction had changed to something unfamiliar and scary

“I mean, I should have known,” he said, leaning back a little and smiling at me. “It always happens this way.”
“What does?”
“The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren’t looking for them. Columbus and America. Pinzón, who stumbled on Brazil while looking for the West Indies. Stanley happening on Victoria Falls. And you. Amy Curry, when I was least expecting her.”

“Amy,” Roger said. I looked at him, hearing just how he’d said my name. Like it contained only the good letters.

It was so much more than just missing. It was waiting, always, for the phone call that wouldn’t come. Waiting to hear a voice that I never would, ever again.

The words were nothing compared to the feeling behind them.