“And suddenly it smelled like someone forgot to turn on the gravity. The air was so fresh and light you could practically float on it. Flowers were everywhere, all of them bursting with color.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Copy Share Image
“Inside, the air smelled so fragile you could break it with a sneeze.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 tiny heart… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 it's too… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 how big… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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, I gotta… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 being able… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 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 I reached… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 blueberry eyes… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 with the… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Copy Share Image
“ Draco dormiens nunquam titillandu. A sleeping dragon is never to be tickled.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Copy Share Image
“I missed Chad in the same way that I missed my mom now: always.” — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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 and his… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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. Helen Keller… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer 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
“What’s that?” he asked. “A picture of my mom,” I said, opening his ice-cold hand and putting the frame in it gently. “But Apron,”… — Jennifer Gooch Hummer Copy Share Image
