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Justina Chen Headley

19 quotes in 45 categories

Justina Chen Headley’s 19 quotes give a concise view of her expressive range, offering readers a quick sense of the ideas she emphasizes. It’s a compact entry point into her thought process.

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[Wikipedia] Justina Chen is a Taiwanese-American fiction writer and executive communications consultant. She is best known for her young-adult fiction, especially North of Beautiful (2009), A Blind Spot for Boys (2014), Girl Overboard (2008), and Nothing but the Truth (2006).

Quotes by Justina Chen Headley

“I'm making art. Terra”

Justina Chen Headley

Art

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“Progress is hard on history.”

Justina Chen Headley

Growth

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“Ever the collector of treasure maps that promised the world but led nowhere.”

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Treasure

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“North-ish." A pause, and then: "Is that Terra for I'm lost-ish?”

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Lost

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“I understood now: how nothing looked more beautiful than that scar of his, that borderline that separated what Jacob could have been…

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Scar

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“Jacob: "Let her stare." Terra: "What?" Jacob: "Yeah most of the starers are just curious. Smile back. That's what I used to…

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Coping

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“Maybe that was the problem," Jacob said softly. "Don't we all need to feel needed? That we'd be missed if we were…

Justina Chen Headley

Feeling-needed

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“There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will…

Justina Chen Headley

Decision making

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“There is a time to study a map passionately, obsessively. To see where you’ve gone, where others have gone before you. To…

Justina Chen Headley

Geography

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“I didn't have the language to communicate that to this little girl -- or to communicate that beauty -- real everlasting beauty…

Justina Chen Headley

Beauty

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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…

Justina Chen Headley

Chased

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“Its as if God cruised through one of those Chinese fast-food buffets and bought Abe the full meal dealso he can pass…

Justina Chen Headley

Beloved son

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“I took her hand in mine, not the way I used to hold hers as a child, but with our fingers woven…

Justina Chen Headley

Children

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“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it,…

Justina Chen Headley

Art

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“Hao Kan," I said gently, quietly, firmly as if it was a pact between the two of us. She blinked. I wasn't…

Justina Chen Headley

Faith

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“But the truly brilliant geocachers?" "Yeah?" he says. "What about us?" "They know it by its real name. Terra Firma." "Terra Firma,"…

Justina Chen Headley

Gaze

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“And then there was Jacob, who stepped closer to me and then waited, letting me decide whether I would take the next…

Justina Chen Headley

Anti-twilight

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“Without looking at Jacob, I said slowly, 'Well, it seeps into you. It doesn't make you forget yourself, but totally the opposite.'…

Justina Chen Headley

Epiphany

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“This is beautiful," I said, ignoring the shop window to trace the gleaming stone walls fronting another boutique. "You know what's funny?"…

Justina Chen Headley

Beauty

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