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A Different Blue QUOTES

A Different Blue QUOTES

1 " Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from? "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

2 " When the ancient Romans would conquer a new place or a new people, they would leave the language and the customs in tact – they would even let the conquered people rule themselves in most cases, appointing a governor to maintain a foothold in the region.” Wilson leaned against the whiteboard as he spoke, his posture relaxed, his hands clasped loosely.“This was part of what made Rome so successful. They didn't try to make everyone Romans in the process of conquering them. When I went to Africa with the Peace Corp, a woman who worked with the Corp said something to me that I have often thought about since. She told me 'Africa is not going to adapt to you. You are going to have to adapt to Africa.' That is true of wherever you go, whether it's school or whether it's in the broader world. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

3 " Why are you so angry?”
His question surprised me, and I laughed a little. “This isn’t angry,” I smirked. “This is just me. Get used to it. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

4 " Maybe the moral of the legend is that we are all carved, created, and formed by a master hand. Maybe we are all works of art. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

5 " ...and I shut off my anxious heart and my nervous head as dusk descended into another night, another meaningless merging, another attempt to find myself as I gave myself away. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

6 " None of us can help where we were scattered, Blue. But none of us has to remain where we were scattered. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

7 " I had feared that if I opened the floodgates I would drown. But as the waves crashed over me, I was not consumed, I was swept up, washed, my soul blanketed with blessed relief. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

8 " 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

9 " You can't control who loves you...you can't let someone love you anymore than you can make someone love you "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

10 " So often, I felt like my hands and heart knew something I did not, and I surrendered the art to them. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

11 " 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. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

12 " 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. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

13 " 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. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

14 " I love the way you smile at me... knocks me on my arse. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

15 " Usually redemption implies rescue - being saved. What were you being saved from?' he inquired, his voice carefully neutral. 'Ugliness. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

16 " I don't have terrible taste in women. I'm mad about you, aren't I?”

“Are you?"

“Yes, Blue. I am. I am completely gone on you. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

17 " You may not be a work of art, but you are definitely a piece of work. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

18 " I keep wishing you had had a better life...a different life. But a different life would have made you a different Blue." He looked at me then. "And that would be the biggest tragedy of all. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

19 " Someone told me once that to create true art you must be willing to bleed and let others watch. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue

20 " Sometimes the things we want to be rescued from can save us. "

― Amy Harmon , A Different Blue