“ Draco dormiens nunquam titillandu. A sleeping dragon is never to be tickled.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Draco Copy Share Image
“Sometimes things get broken and people make mistakes. It's just what happens. And then, if you're lucky, they get fixed again, before… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Failure Copy Share Image
“Already in love with her, huh?” she said. I jerked my eyes away and thought about it. But there it was, that… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Love Copy Share Image
“I lifted my hand and pulled the blue paper cap back a little, until a piece of my red fell out, then… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Reached Hand Copy Share Image
“I hadn’t actually come out and asked him to pick us up, so when he said, “All right, give me twenty minutes,… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Jesus Copy Share Image
“But what are you supposed to do now? I mean, how are you supposed to act normal?” Mike looked at me, his… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Gardening Copy Share Image
“At the door, I looked back at all those people I didn’t know and thought about how small your heart is but… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Heart Copy Share Image
“Without lifting her head, she said, “I want you to get out.” And right then I was sure: M had been born… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Mean Copy Share Image
“I missed Chad in the same way that I missed my mom now: always.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Chad Copy Share Image
“I’m an oncologist, not a podiatrist.” My skin unzipped. Those were the worst kinds of doctors. They never saved anyone.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Medicine Copy Share Image
“I stayed there sipping in that wrong air, until it filled my lungs with knowing that something bad was about to happen.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Sipping Copy Share Image
“What Love Means to Me,” Chad said, writing. “By Apron Bramhall, the loveliest noun I know. Get over here, noun.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Love Copy Share Image
“Love. The opposite of fear is love, and every minute of every day, we choose between the two.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Every day Copy Share Image
“I stared at the phone and swallowed the piece of my heart that was lodged in my throat now.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Copy Share Image
“And even though I had freckles and red hair and almost killed Grandma Bramhall, I danced like I didn’t.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Danced Copy Share Image
“Inside, the air smelled so fragile you could break it with a sneeze.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Fragile Copy Share Image
“I folded up that last bit of hope and put it away on the top shelf of my life.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Hope Copy Share Image
“I wrote Vis consilii epers mole ruit sua on the front of the first tag, and on the inside I put the… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Copy Share Image
“And suddenly it smelled like someone forgot to turn on the gravity. The air was so fresh and light you could practically… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Gardening Copy Share Image
“I watched her shuffle around, reading tags and smelling flowers, laughing every time or smiling nice—what flowers were supposed to make you… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Flower Copy Share Image
“She wouldn’t even hold her own baby.” His voice cracked when he said that, and something shivered inside my heart. I used… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Inside My Heart Copy Share Image
“Laura Ingalls Wilder should have been in class with us, too. With friends like us, she never would have had to put… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Every single day Copy Share Image
“The church smelled like leftover tears. Sadness was tucked into corners and hidden under beams and pasted so thick on the walls… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Sadness Copy Share Image
“But the truth was that Laura Ingalls Wilder was the nicest girl I’d ever not known. Rennie would throw me under a… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Truth Copy Share Image
“I sat there looking normal but thinking about how much I wished we were going to see the real Jesus. Everyone needed… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Miracle Copy Share Image
“Love doesn't always mean rings and veils and walks down the aisle. Sometimes love means broken windows and broken hearts, and not… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Broken hearts Copy Share Image
“Listen, little lady, the people who do this kind of thing think if we rub up against them, they’ll catch it. But… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Brown eyes Copy Share Image
“Mary made him lie down in the middle of the stage. Then she started singing, “Everything’s all right, yes, everything’s fine …”… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Best friend Copy Share Image
“The lady shuffled around, bending over to inspect the flowers and holding up one of the tags. “Oh nuts. Are these already… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Tag Said Copy Share Image
“I didn’t want them to be gay anymore. I didn’t want people like Mrs. Perry to make a face and step away… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Homosexuality Copy Share Image
“You watch. Someday you’re going to love those freckles.” “No I’m not.” Mr. John leapt through the air after that, feet flailing… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Blue sky Copy Share Image
“What’s that?” he asked. “A picture of my mom,” I said, opening his ice-cold hand and putting the frame in it gently.… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Poem Copy Share Image
“Apron,” Chad said, sounding a little nervous. “I’ve been wondering. Do you think you and me would have been friends, if, you… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Making fun Copy Share Image
“We turned away from each other at the same time, the space between us getting longer, until it looked like we hadn’t… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer First place Copy Share Image
“I waved to him, and he waved back. I tried not to think about how Chad couldn’t see me doing that now.… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Too late Copy Share Image
“I walked around the counter and straight into his white T-shirt. Then we stood like that, him holding my red head, and… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Heart Copy Share Image
