“I just told Max flatly, "I had laser surgery last week to lighten my birthmark," as if it was no big deal. Oh yeah?" he said. Unexpectedly, Max swiveled around, yanked his pants down. The last thing I thought I had wanted to see tonight was Merc walking out the door. I was wrong. It was this stranger's rear end. "Please don't tell me this is one of those stripping telegrams?” IfsSaidEndsBigsWantedLastsDealsDoorsWeekWalkingPleaseYeahStrangerTonightPantsSurgeryBig DealMaxStrippingLasersWalking OutTelegramsBirthmarksWalking Out The Door Author:Justina Chen
“Wait!" What?" I lowered my cup hastily, wondering if maybe there was a stray hair, or worse, a newly boiled bug inside my cup. You got to smell it first. It's the proper way to cup coffee." Cup coffee?" Taste it." What? Are you the coffee police or something?” IfsWayFirstsWaitingWonderHairTastePoliceSmellCoffeeCupsBugsCoffee CupNorth Of Beautiful Author:Justina Chen
“If Jacob was right and clothes were costumes and makeup a mask, then our attitudes and habits must be our shields.” IfsAttitudeHabitClothesMaskMakeupCostumesShieldsJacob Author:Justina Chen
“There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a Before and an After...I knew there would be no turning back if I designated this moment as my own Prime Meridian from which everything else would be measured.” IfsKnowsMomentsWould BeMy OwnDecisionForeverPrimePrecipiceNo Turning Back Author:Justina Chen
“If art made you think, then this was Art. Staring at the ball, made of layers and layers of cloth, I wondered about the glass marble at its heart. What if you wanted to reach that marble? Make sure it was still whole? You'd have to remove the layers. You'd have to risk breaking the ball for a chance at freeing it. Fear, knowledge, certainty - you'd have to be willing to let them all go.” IfsThinkingHeartArtMadeStillsWholeWantedFearChanceRiskWillingBallsGlassesCertaintyStaringRemoveWhat IfLayersMarble Author:Justina Chen
“The pressure of his touch through my jacket and my sweater was more assurance than any promise ever made to me. It was a touch that said, I have your back and I am here for you. If a girl wasn't careful, she could fall in love with a touch like that.” IfsMadeSaidFallGirlPromisePressureFalling In LoveCarefulAssuranceJacketsSweatersNorth Of Beautiful Author:Justina Chen
“Hey, if it's a good philosophy, it works. Death is imminent. Live every day like it's your last.” IfsPhilosophyLastsHeyLive Every DayGood Philosophy Book:North of Beautiful Source: North of Beautiful
“If there was one thing I refused to be, it was an insignificant footnote in some boy's history.” IfsBoysOne ThingInsignificantFootnotes Author:Justina Chen
