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> [“By the time I slip back to my room, it's almost six. Jasmine is in bed, awake and waiting for me..."Where were you?" Where was I? Chased by a fat guard, hit by a laugh attack and nearly thrown out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/by-the-time-i-slip-back-to-my-room-it-s-almost-six-jasmine-is-in-bed/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

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## More by Justina Chen Headley

> [“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/so-really-continued-jacob-as-if-this-were-perfectly-normal-to-expound/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/there-must-be-a-few-times-in-life-when-you-stand-at-a-precipice-of-a/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“North-ish." A pause, and then: "Is that Terra for I'm lost-ish?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/north-ish-a-pause-and-then-is-that-terra-for-i-m-lost-ish/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“But the truly brilliant geocachers?" "Yeah?" he says. "What about us?" "They know it by its real name. Terra Firma." "Terra Firma," he repeats.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/but-the-truly-brilliant-geocachers-yeah-he-says-what-about-us-they/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“I understood now: how nothing looked more beautiful than that scar of his, that borderline that separated what Jacob could have been had he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/i-understood-now-how-nothing-looked-more-beautiful-than-that-scar-of/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“Its as if God cruised through one of those Chinese fast-food buffets and bought Abe the full meal dealso he can pass for Mama's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/its-as-if-god-cruised-through-one-of-those-chinese-fast-food-buffets/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“This is beautiful," I said, ignoring the shop window to trace the gleaming stone walls fronting another boutique. "You know what's funny?" Jacob asked.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/this-is-beautiful-i-said-ignoring-the-shop-window-to-trace-the/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“I'm making art. Terra”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/i-m-making-art-terra/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“By the time I slip back to my room, it's almost six. Jasmine is in bed, awake and waiting for me..."Where were you?" Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/by-the-time-i-slip-back-to-my-room-it-s-almost-six-jasmine-is-in-bed/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“I didn't have the language to communicate that to this little girl -- or to communicate that beauty -- real everlasting beauty -- lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/i-didn-t-have-the-language-to-communicate-that-to-this-little-girl-or/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“Without looking at Jacob, I said slowly, 'Well, it seeps into you. It doesn't make you forget yourself, but totally the opposite.' I chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/without-looking-at-jacob-i-said-slowly-well-it-seeps-into-you-it/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“There is a time to study a map passionately, obsessively. To see where you’ve gone, where others have gone before you. To commit to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/there-is-a-time-to-study-a-map-passionately-obsessively-to-see-where-2/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“Maybe that was the problem," Jacob said softly. "Don't we all need to feel needed? That we'd be missed if we were gone?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/maybe-that-was-the-problem-jacob-said-softly-don-t-we-all-need-to/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“I took her hand in mine, not the way I used to hold hers as a child, but with our fingers woven together. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/i-took-her-hand-in-mine-not-the-way-i-used-to-hold-hers-as-a-child/)

[Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/)

> [“Progress is hard on history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/progress-is-hard-on-history/)

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