Top 400 Amy Harmon Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Death is easy. Living is the hard part.”

— Amy Harmon

2. “Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising.”

— Amy Harmon

3. “Books allow you to be whoever you want to be, to escape yourself for a while.”

— Amy Harmon

4. “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.”

— Amy Harmon

5. “Regret is just life’s aftertaste.”

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6. “Everybody is a main character to someone.”

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7. “I would rather be lost with you than alone without you.”

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8. “Everybody who is somebody becomes nobody the moment they fail.”

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9. “But maybe you see beauty in me because you are beautiful, not because I am.”

— Amy Harmon

10. “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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11. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

— Amy Harmon

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

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13. “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.”

— Amy Harmon

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

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15. “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.”

— Amy Harmon

16. “The real thing, when done right, is always better than a daydream.”

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17. “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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18. “Victory is in the battle.”

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19. “Sono felice se tu sei felice.” I’m happy if you’re happy.”

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20. “The art of the past is all about death – the artists die and their art remains, a testament to the living and the dead. The realization was a powerful one.”

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21. “Grief and joy are complicated. Love and loss too, and I know tears aren’t always what they seem.”

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22. “I want him to take life by the horns and ride it for all it’s worth.”

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23. “Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity.”

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24. “It was not your face I fell in love with. It was not your great, sad eyes or your soft mouth, or the gold flecks on your skin or the shape of your body.” His heart quaked and his stomach tightened, acknowledging that he relished those things too. “I fell in love with you in pieces. Layer by layer, day by day, inch by inch.”

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25. “You chose me because I am of use. But I chose you because I wanted you. All I ever wanted was for you to love me in return. He.”

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26. “Moses told me once that you can’t escape yourself. You can run, hide, or die. But wherever you go, there you’ll be.”

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27. “I promised myself that if you came home I wouldn’t be afraid to tell you how I felt. But I’m still afraid. Because I can’t make you love me back.”

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28. “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.”

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29. “Time doesn’t stop or give warning. It simply ticks along, marking time, ignoring humanity.”

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30. “In the end, only three things matter,” Abuela said. “Who He is.” She pointed at the sky. “Who you are, and who your friends are.”

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31. “True beauty, the kind that doesn’t fade or wash off, takes time. It takes pressure. It takes incredible endurance. It is the slow drip that makes the stalactite, the shaking of the Earth that creates mountains, the constant pounding of the waves that breaks up the rocks and smooth 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 otherwise never exist.”

— Amy Harmon

32. “She had almost felt relieved when she was arrested. The thing she had dreaded, feared, run from had happened. When it came, she was strangely liberated from the fear. She couldn’t dread what had already come to pass. She didn’t have to anticipate the horror when the horror was right there. With her arrest came a certain calm, a quiet comfort. It had come. She had known it would and she could stop fighting.”

— Amy Harmon

33. “We turn memories into stories, and if we don’t, we lose them.”

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34. “When I pull down the wall, I turn off all the colors, I wash them away. And I need color to paint. I want to paint. I need to paint.”

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35. “I read somewhere that a person will never truly know who they are unless they prioritize what they love... Anne Gallagher.”

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36. “Romans 12:2 is more to my liking: “And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

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37. “I intend to keep her close by, to keep her next to me at all times. She will drink from my cup and eat from my plate to protect me from your poisons. She will sleep beneath me and hover over me and never leave my side. In fact, I leave in three days for Kilmorda, and she is coming with me. She will ride in front of me, astride my horse, clinging to me as I go into battle, a human shield against those you send against me.”

— Amy Harmon

38. “Men are just frightened boys. God gave you stronger bodies to make up for your weaker spines.”

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39. “Life wasn’t about getting what you deserved. It was about enduring what you didn’t and not letting it destroy you.”

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40. “I don’t HAVE to believe anything. I believe in God because Abuela believes in God. And the God Abuela believes in is kind, and He loves all of His children. Especially the ones who need Him the most. Especially the ones who are sad enough that they want to die. He isn’t going to send them away to hell or anywhere else. That’s what I believe.”

— Amy Harmon

41. “I’d heard once that our view of God has everything to do with those who taught us about Him. Our image of Him often reflected our image of them.”

— Amy Harmon

42. “When God takes you, let Him take you. When He plucks you from this earthly coil, then you may rejoice. But as long as you draw breath, as long as your heart beats and the sun rises, you must stay in the fight.”

— Amy Harmon

43. “She said ’life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”

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44. “If dark chocolate could sing it would sound like Ambrose Young.”

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45. “You glow, Lark.” His hand climbed back up again and swept over my unbound hair. I swallowed, suddenly close to tears. Then why does no one see me? “I see you,” he said.”

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46. “And in the end, we can only sacrifice ourselves. To sacrifice others is no sacrifice at all.”

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47. “If the world is too flat, people like me will slide right off.”

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48. “Life had taught her that consequences were ugly and painful, and seldom worth the pleasure they had been bartered for.”

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49. “He said freedom was the ability to go wherever you heart called.”

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50. “But that’s the cool thing about friendship. It’s not about being perfect, or even being deserving. We love you, you love us, so we’ll be there for you. Me and Bailey both.” “I.”

— Amy Harmon