01UndatedSaying something is “meant to be” is a cop out. It’s a way for people to deal when they screw up or when life hands them a bowl of shit stew. The things that are meant to be are the things we can’t control, the things we don’t cause, the things that happen regardless of who or what we are. Like sunsets and snow-fall and natural disasters. I’ve never believed hardship or suffering was meant to be. I’ve never believed relationships were meant to be. We choose. In large part, we choose. We create, we make mistakes, we burn bridges, we build new ones.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
02UndatedWhy don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?Amy Harmon / quote ↗
03Undated...There's a lot I don't understand...but not understanding is better not believing" - AmbroseAmy Harmon / quote ↗
05UndatedHe'd been given every word he needed, and every word had been stripped from me. I wanted them back. All of them.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
06UndatedI wondered how he'd learned to push the words away, to drown them, to not feel them pounding against his head and his heart, begging to be spoken.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
07UndatedThe road was so dimly lighted.There we;re no highway signs to guide.But they made up their minds,If all roads were blind,They wouldn't give up 'til they died....Amy Harmon / quote ↗
08UndatedIn the light everything is obvious. There are no secrets. You simply have to look in order to see.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
09UndatedGod wants us to receive everything that life was meant to teach. Then we take what we've learned, and it becomes our offering to God and to mankind. But we have to live in order to learn. And sometimes we have to fight in order to live.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
10UndatedBut she wasn’t the only one who was suffering, and sometimes there is comfort in the knowledge that you don’t suffer alone, sad as that is.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
11UndatedWe weren't so different, Finn and I. Cages come in lots of colors and shapes. Some are gilded, while others have a slamming door. But golden handcuffs are still handcuffs.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
12UndatedWhat softened your heart?" I asked softly."Good music and a friend."I felt my eyes burn a little and turned from him, blinking quickly to lap up the sting of tears. "Music has incredible power""So does friendship," he supplied frankly.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
13UndatedWhen 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 / quote ↗
14UndatedI had wanted to disappear, if only so the cancer could disappear with me. But the stars whispered that there was no such thing. You don’t ever disappear. You just change. You leave. You move on. But you never disappear. Even when you think you want to.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
15UndatedThis thing we have, it hurts, he continued. But the pain is almost sweet because it means YOU happened. We happened. And I can't regret that, no matter how little or how long I get to tag along with you and pretend that I don't hate having people recognize me or take pictures or having people whisper about my record--" Your record?"" My criminal record, Bonnie, Nothing platinum there. I'm an ex-con, and starting over and building a new life where I can put it behind me, I'm building a new life where it will never be behind me, and for you, its worth it. It's easy math.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
18UndatedWhy 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 / quote ↗
19UndatedHe was right that I was afraid. But I didn’t think I was afraid of the truth. I was afraid of believing something that would destroy me if it turned out to be a lie.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
20UndatedIf I didn’t look too closely, I wouldn’t see that Tiras wasn’t there. If I didn’t breathe too deeply, I wouldn’t feel the hollow echo in my empty chest. If I didn’t move too quickly, I wouldn’t reach any painful conclusions. And if I didn’t listen, I wouldn’t hear the silence he always left behind.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
21UndatedWhen you kissed me, Clyde? I felt more in that one pissed-off kiss than I felt in those three or four attempts at making love. And I realized it wasn't a lie, after all. That was the best kiss I've ever had. By far. So tell me what I have to do to earn another one, because embarrassingly enough, I always seem to be the girl begging for affection and even with a broken give-a-damn, I don't know how much more humiliation I can take.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
22UndatedHe tried to soften his mouth against hers, tried to tell her he was sorry, but she stayed frozen in his arms, as if she couldn't believe, after everything that had happened, that he thought he could break her heart and take a kiss too.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
23Undatedmaking the most of every second, because seconds became minute sand minutes became precious when life could be taken in less than a breath.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
24UndatedCamillo always say we are on earth to learn. I think I want to teach. I want to teach history so that the world does not have to repeat our mistakes.Amy Harmon / quote ↗
