--- title: "1 Said Beautiful Quotes By Justina Chen Headley" description: "1 Said Beautiful quotes by Justina Chen Headley. Plus more from Justina Chen Headley and more Said Beautiful sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/justina-chen-headley-28491_beauty_this-is-beautiful-i-said-ignoring-the-sh_874836.jpg" --- > [“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." \*\*\*…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/justina-chen-headley-28491_beauty_this-is-beautiful-i-said-ignoring-the-sh_874836.jpg) ## 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." 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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. 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