“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. He didn't wait for my answer. "You can see beauty in everything, except for yourself." ***… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“But the truly brilliant geocachers?" "Yeah?" he says. "What about us?" "They know it by its real name. Terra Firma." "Terra Firma," he repeats.… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“I understood now: how nothing looked more beautiful than that scar of his, that borderline that separated what Jacob could have been had he… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“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… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“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.… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“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… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“I didn't have the language to communicate that to this little girl -- or to communicate that beauty -- real everlasting beauty -- lives… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“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… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“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… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“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?” — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
“I took her hand in mine, not the way I used to hold hers as a child, but with our fingers woven together. And… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share
