The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

“Sometimes trusting someone is about the scariest thing you can do. But you know what? It’s a lot less scary than being all alone.”

“Maybe we're all a little broken. Maybe we're all a little fragile. Maybe that's why we need each other so much.”

“I just wanted everyone to be happy...It's hard, though, when everyone carries around a heart inside them that is so loud and so strong and so easily broken.”

“Losing something can sure make you realize how much you loved it, even if you knew you loved it all along”

“Some things you just can't quite put into words, and not speaking them is the only and best way to say them.”

“Hope is a lot like parking lot cigarette butts—always there if you look hard enough.”

“And every book ever written is about love, really, whether it knows it or not. So, yeah, I know a thing or two about love.”

“But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness”

“There is so much happiness in the world.There is so much sadness in the world.There is so *much* in the world.”

“It's something to have someone who misses you when you're gone. And it's something to have someone who fights to get you back.”

“But, the truth does a lot more good most of the time if folks have the nerve to say it out loud, even if it hurts. Especially if it hurts, maybe.”

“And for the most part, human beings try to do the right thing, if they can see what that is.”

“Driving toward something is better than driving away from something.”

“There’s nothing like a good book for bringing folks together.”

“The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind.”

“It's funny how sometimes when a face goes gentle, it ends up looking stronger somehow.”

“Maybe we’re all a little broken. Maybe we’re all a little fragile. Maybe that’s why we need each other so much.”

“The eggs are already broken, so we may as well enjoy the omelet.”

“Sometimes making friends is tough, and sometimes it's as simple as finding someone who loves books and kittens as much as you do.”

“All you gave me is reasons why anybody might love her-heck why I might love her if I met her. You didn't say anything about why you love her.”

“(W)herever your heart wants to go, go there and don't look back.”

“Was Tammy being selfish in asking Lester to give up music, or was Lester being selfish in picking music over Tammy? Was Rodeo being selfish in not wanting to take me back ... or was I being selfish in making him go back? Out of nowhere, tears came stinging into my eyes. I just wanted everyone to be happy. It's hard, though, when everyone carries around a heart inside them that is so loud and so strong and so easily broken.”

“I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk”

“Okay, look,” I explained, pointing up at the front of the bus. “Look at Rodeo up there. There’s plenty of reasons anyone might love him if they could get past that greasy doormat he calls hair: He’s kind to everyone, he helps strangers, he’s a gold-medal listener. That’s all great stuff, right? But that’s different than why I love him.” Lester snorted. “Then why do you love him?” I thought for a moment. “I love Rodeo because if tomorrow I spit in his face and threw all his favorite books out the window and called him all the worst words I could think of, he wouldn’t love me one little bit less.” The bus rocked and swayed underneath us. I kept my eyes on Rodeo, on the back of his shaggy head bobbing to the music. “I love Rodeo because on the worst day of my life he held me and held me and held me and held me and didn’t let me go.” I tried to clear my throat but kinda failed,”

“I guess sometimes life does seem like too much, especially during the big moments. But usually you can dig inside yourself and find what you need. You can find what you need to grow into those big moments and make 'em yours.”

“Losing something can sure make you realize how much you loved it, even if you knew you loved it all along.”

“But heck, if kittens and slushies aren't worth getting in trouble for, what in the world is?”

“I loved her so much in that moment I could barely breathe. It almost choked me, how much I loved her. All I was in that moment was loving her. I loved her. I loved her. I loved her. That's it. That's the whole memory.That memory doesn't have any words. It doesn't need them.”

“That Ivan. The first time he ever used his voice, he used it to speak up for me. It’s something to have someone who misses you when you’re gone. And it’s something to have someone who fights to get you back.”

“It’s hard, though, when everyone carries around a heart inside them that is so loud and so strong and so easily broken.”