Amy Harmon Quotes

• True beauty, the kind that doesn't fade or wash off, takes time. It takes incredible endurance. It is the slow drip that creates the stalactite, the shaking of the Earth that creates mountains, the constant pounding of the waves that breaks up the rocks and smooths the rough edges. And from the violence, the furor, the raging of the winds, the roaring of the waters, something better emerges, something that would have otherwise never existed.

  Amy Harmon

  Life, Rocks, Wind

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• You loved ferris wheels more than roller coasters because life shouldn’t be lived at full speed, but in anticipation and appreciation.

  Amy Harmon

  Appreciation, Ferris Wheels, Anticipation

  FaceBook post by Amy Harmon from Sep 19, 2014

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• It's hard to come to terms with the fact that you aren't going to be loved the way you want to be loved.

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  Want, Way, Facts

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• The real thing, when done right , is always better than a daydream

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  Real, Done, Daydreaming

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• Caring about someone doesn't mean taking care of them.

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  Mean, Caring, Caring About Someone

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• Everybody is a main character to someone

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  Character, Main Characters

  "Making Faces". Book by Amy Harmon, 2013.

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• There's a lot I don't understand... but not understanding is better than not believing

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  Believe, Understanding

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• Books allow you to be whoever you want to be, to escape yourself for a while.

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  Book, Want

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• Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period depicted in the story.

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  Stories, Literature, Periods

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

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  Art, Watches, Willing

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• I think people are like that. When you really look at them, you stop seeing a perfect nose or straight teeth. You stop seeing the acne scar or dimple in the chin. Those things start to blur, and suddenly you see them, the colors, the life inside the shell, and beauty takes on a whole new meaning.

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  Thinking, Color, Perfect

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

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  Focus

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• Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising

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  Beautiful, Faces, Advertising

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

  Amy Harmon

  Want, Sometimes

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• But maybe you see beauty in me because you are beautiful, not because I am.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, You Are Beautiful

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• If God makes all our faces, did he laugh when he made me?

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  Laughing, Faces, Made

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• Regret is just life's aftertaste.

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  Regret

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• I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you happy, and when you get tired of looking at me, I promise I’ll sing.

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  Tired, Promise, Trying

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• But there's no way to avoid regret. Don't let anybody tell you different. Regret is just life's aftertaste. No matter what you choose, you're gonna wonder if you shoulda done things different. I didn't necessarily choose wrong. I just chose. And I lived with my choice, aftertaste and all.

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  Regret, Choices, Different

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

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  Voice, Redemption, Rescue

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• Everybody who is somebody becomes nobody the moment they fail

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  Failing, Moments

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• There isn't heartache if there hasn't been joy. I wouldn't feel loss if there hadn't been love.

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  Loss, Heartache, Joy

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• News flash, Fern Taylor!" Ambrose barked, slamming his hand against the dashboard, making Fern jump. "Everything has changed! You are beautiful, I am hideous, you don't need me anymore, but I sure as hell need you!""You act like beauty is the only thing that makes us worthy of love," Fern snapped. "I didn't just l-love you because you were beautiful!" She'd said the L word, right out loud, though she'd tripped over it.

  Amy Harmon

  Beautiful, Love You, Hands

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• Cages come in lots of different colors and shapes. Some are gilded, while others have a slamming door. But golden handcuffs are still handcuffs.

  Amy Harmon

  Doors, Color, Different

  FaceBook post by Amy Harmon from Sep 22, 2014

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• This is just me. Get used to it.

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  Used

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