Quotes from The Law of Moses

“Everyone always talks about being color blind. And I get that. I do. But maybe instead of being color blind, we should celebrate color, in all its shades. It kind of bugs me that we’re supposed to ignore our differences like we don’t see them, when seeing them doesn’t have to be a negative.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“There are laws. There are rules. And when you break them, there are consequences. Laws of nature and laws of life. Laws of love and laws of death.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“Any time you start feeling sorry for yourself or you go into a rant about how bad life sucks, you immediately have to name five greats.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“If you don’t love, then nobody gets hurt. It’s easy to leave. It’s easy to lose. It’s easy to let go.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“People liked religion but they didn't want to have to exercise any faith. Religion was comforting with all its structure and its rules. It made people feel safe. But faith wasn't safe. Faith was hard and uncomfortable and forced people to step out on a limb.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“If I were to paint you, I would use every color.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“The dead weren't angry or lost. They knew exactly what was up. It was the living that didn't have a clue.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“Time softens memories, sanding down the rough edges of death.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“Georgia’s eyes. Georgia’s hair. Georgia’s smile. Georgia’s personality. Georgia’s kisses.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“he was like water—cold, deep, unpredictable, and, like the pond up the canyon, dangerous, because you could never see what was beneath the surface. And just like I’d done all my life, I jumped in head first, even though I’d been forbidden. But this time, I drowned.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“Do you think she knows how much I love her?"
"You gave her flowers and said you were sorry."
"I did."
"You kissed her."
I could only nod.
"You painted her pictures and hugged her when she cried."
"Yeah," I whispered.
"You laughed with her too."
I nodded again.
"Those are all the ways to say I love you.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“I’m a very ordinary girl, Moses. I know that I am. And I always will be. I can’t paint. I don’t know who Vermeer is, or Manet for that matter. But if you think ordinary can be beautiful, that gives me hope. And maybe sometime you’ll think about me when you need an escape from the hurt in your head.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“It was both manic and mesmerizing, it was controlled chaos and detailed dementia.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“A story of before and after, of new beginnings and never-endings. A story flawed and fractured, crazy and cracked, and most of all, a love story.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“THE FIRST FEW WORDS of every story are always the hardest to write. It’s almost as if pulling them out, putting them on paper, commits you to seeing it all through. As if once you start, you are required to finish. And how do you finish when some things never end?”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“I wanted to bite him hard enough to express my frustration, yet sweetly enough that he’d let me do it again.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“Forgiveness is usually easier than permission.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“We never saw what was obvious until we were hit over the head with it.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“My brain might be cracked, but it's not just my brain. The sky is cracked too, and I can sometimes see what's on the other side.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“Those are my five greats for Georgia today. Those were my five greats yesterday and they will be tomorrow and the next day, until your kisses get old. Then I'll have to think of something else.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“Normal was so lost to me that I didn't even know where to look for it”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“I turned, letting her catch me. And I caught her too, wrapping my arms around her so tight that the space between us became space around us, space above us, but not space inside us.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“People love babies, even sick babies. Even crack babies. But babies grow up to be kids. Nobody really wants messed up kids. And Moses was messed up.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“My brain is already scrambled enough.”“Cracked,” I said, not thinking.
“Yeah.” Moses scowled.
“Well, it’s working for you.” I turned and looked at my walls. “Cracks and all. In fact, if your brain wasn’t cracked, none of the brilliance could spill out. Do you realize that?”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“We can't escape ourselves, Tag. Here, there, half-way across the world, or in a psych ward in Salt Lake City. I'm Moses and you're Tag. And that part never changes. So either we figure it out here or we figure it out there. But we still gotta deal. And death won't change that.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“I want him to take life by the horns and ride it for all it's worth.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

“I 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 from The Law of Moses

“maybe none of us are safe. Not truly. Not even from the people we love. Not even from the people who love us.”
― Amy Harmon, quote from The Law of Moses

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“Love?
Yes.
Gideon chuckled.
Why did you say yes like that?
Oh, I thought you were asking me a question.
I see.
Then he truly did see what she meant, and his heart flipped over in his chest.
Darling?
Gideon smiled at the warmth the endearment flooded him with.
Yes, Neliss?
Oh, nothing. Just fulfilling my end of the deal.
The deal?
Yes. You made me a deal.
You lost me, he sighed.
Legna lifted her head, propped an elbow up against the pillow of his chest, and settled her chin in her palm so she could look down at him.
“You said that I would get something very special if I called you that.”
“Did I?” he asked, his eyes brightening with speculation as he thought back on it. “Actually, I think you have that confused with the deal about saying my name.”
“I like your name,” she said with a smile. “I always thought mine was awful snobbish. But yours has me beat hands down.”
“My name is one of the finest and oldest names in all of our history.”
“That’s only because you have lived to be such an older tosser.”
“Tosser?”
“British vernacular, luv.”
“What are you, my dialect coach all of a sudden? Is this your idea of postcoital pillow talk?”
Legna giggled, apologizing with a clinging kiss on his lips. It clearly calmed him, making him smile in a very cat-versus-canary way.
“Is there something you would prefer I say?” she asked compliantly.
“That yes a few sentences back was great. Short, sweet, to the point.”
“Yes,” she agreed.
“Yes?” he asked, arching a brow.
“Oh, yes,” she assured him, her own brows doing a little lecherous dance.
“Mmm, yes,” he murmured as her mouth lowered to his.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Legna?
Yes?
Do not talk with your mouth full.
No?
No.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Gideon

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