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61 " Why don't we have more babies, Mom? Bailey has big sisters. I wish I had a big sister.“I don't know why, Fern. I tried to have more children, but sometimes we are given something so special, so wonderful, that one is enough. "
― Amy Harmon , Making Faces
62 " Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity. "
― Amy Harmon , The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)
63 " I love you Bonnie. So much that I hurt with it. And I hate it, and I love it, and I want it to go away, and i want it to stay forever.... "
― Amy Harmon , Infinity + One
64 " Caring about someone doesn't mean taking care of them. "
65 " I don’t know how,” I confessed, and I pulled my hand away so I wouldn’t hurt her in my frustration.She grabbed my hand and brought it back, this time pressing it to her heart.“I’m telling you how. You hold onto me. You trust me. You use me. You lean on me. You rely on me. You let me shelter you. You let me love you. All of you. Cancer. Fear. Sickness. Health. Better. Worse. All of you. And you’ll have all of me. "
― Amy Harmon , The Song of David (The Law of Moses, #2)
66 " When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, he knew what it would mean.” Mr. Wilson was looking at us all somberly, as if Julius Caesar was his homey and he had just crossed the Rubics Cube yesterday. I sighed and tossed back my hair, slouching even further into my seat "
― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue
67 " Millie told me once that the ability to devastate is what makes a song beautiful. Maybe that’s what makes life beautiful too. The ability to devastate. Maybe that’s how we know we’ve lived. How we know we’ve truly loved. "
68 " Every second I am a bird, I long to be a man. For you. For me. For the child I was so desperate to create. Not for Jeru. For us. You said I choose you because you are of use to me. And I did. But know this, Lark. I have loved you every moment of every day, and I will love you until i cease to be. Bird, man, or king, I love you, and I will always love you "
69 " You can't control who loves you...you can't let someone love you anymore than you can make someone love you "
70 " I wanted to bite him hard enough to express my frustration, yet sweetly enough that he’d let me do it again. "
― Amy Harmon , The Law of Moses (The Law of Moses, #1)
71 " So often, I felt like my hands and heart knew something I did not, and I surrendered the art to them. "
72 " What we believe affects our choices, our actions, and subsequently, our lives. The Greeks believed in thier gods, and this belief affected everything else. History is written according to what men believe, whether or not it's true. As the writer of your own history, what you believe influences the paths you take. Do you believe in something that may be a myth? I'm not talking about religious beliefs, per se. I'm talking about things you've told yourself, or things you've been told for so long that you just assume that they are true. "
73 " I think I will keep you, "
74 " I can't control what you see or how you interpret what you see any more than I can control what you think of me. "
75 " We never saw what was obvious until we were hit over the head with it. "
76 " Suddenly yearning had a flavor. It tasted like a king, a beautiful, frightening, infuriating man who flew into my life and began to free my words. "
77 " Fern has Ugly Girl Syndrome.” Bailey said, out of the blue. “Also known as UGS … She grew up thinking she was ugly. She doesn’t realize that she shed the ugly a long time ago. She’s beautiful now. And she’s just as pretty on the inside, which is a side benny of UGS. "
78 " Life isn't perfect,people aren't perfect, but there are moments that are. "
79 " And in weeping there was power. The power to heal, the power to release pain and let go, the power to endure love and to shoulder loss. And as the weeks became months, I cried less and smiled more. And peace became a more frequent companion. "
80 " Do you stand naked in front of the mirror and flex every night? I mean, really, at least go into the adult film industry. At least it won’t go completely to waste. "