Junonia Quotes

“Because she was looking down and focusing her attention so precisely, Alice lost track of time and of herself. She wouldn't be able to put it into words, except to say she felt removed from the world. Or just at its edge. At the edge of the wild and beautiful world. She felt small, too. But part of something large. She was happy.”
― Kevin Henkes, Junonia: A Tender Tale of Summer, Seashells, and Special Moments for Kids

“There was something wonderful - something potent even - about a present before it's unwrapped. Especially an unexpected one. Anything could be inside.”
― Kevin Henkes, Junonia: A Tender Tale of Summer, Seashells, and Special Moments for Kids

“She decided that this kind of waiting - waiting for something good and bad tangled together - should be given its own special name.”
― Kevin Henkes, Junonia: A Tender Tale of Summer, Seashells, and Special Moments for Kids

“...but when you see something only once a year it's always new, as if you're seeing it for the first time.”
― Kevin Henkes, Junonia: A Tender Tale of Summer, Seashells, and Special Moments for Kids