The Unknown Beloved Quotes

“It is the things we most want to put down, the things that are hardest to carry, to endure, that give our lives the most meaning. Sometimes our burdens are taken from us. And sometimes we walk away from them. Sometimes, not having that burden might even feel good. We might feel relief. But it doesn’t take long to realize that the things we call burdens are most often ballast. Our burdens give weight to everything we do. They shed light on all that we are. And the moment we lose them . . . we lose everything.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“The truth is, the harder we are, the easier we shatter. It takes some softness to absorb life’s blows.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Just because it doesn't make sense to you, doesn't mean it doesn't make sense.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“It is a burden to love anyone. And it is a burden to be loved. Stop running from it.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“He was grim. She could think of no word that described him better. Oh, not in the way death was grim. She knew that darkness. Malone’s darkness reminded her of deep waters and long nights.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“truth is, the harder we are, the easier we shatter. It takes some softness to absorb life’s blows.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Bad information makes you blind to the truth when it comes along.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“It doesn’t make sense to you. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sense,”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. —Emily Dickinson”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“In many ways, she was the most remarkably untangled human being he’d ever encountered. Complex but not complicated. Deep but not dark. It was as if she stood with her arms wide open and said, Here I am, and the world nodded and said, Yes, you are, and gave her a wide berth, not out of fear, but out of reverence.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“No. Hard surfaces don’t speak to me.” They walked back into the sitting room, his light”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“It was an identity. People needed that. But it wasn’t grounded in anything but nostalgia and a desire to connect.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Your belief is not required for something to be true,”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Just because it doesn’t make sense to you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sense,”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“The jump from ten to twenty-five was a lifetime. The leap from twenty-five to forty was but a long weekend.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Humans are complex creatures. We want to belong, but we can’t stand to be the same. How in the world do you force equity on humankind, when we try at every turn to differentiate ourselves from each other?”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Your heart is too soft for this, Dani Flanagan.” “Hmm. Maybe so. But perhaps your heart is too hard.” She smiled a little to take the sting out of her words. “The truth is, the harder we are, the easier we shatter. It takes some softness to absorb life’s blows.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Must we try everything to know something is wonderful?” she asked softly. “I don’t think so.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Our burdens give weight to everything we do. They shed light on all that we are. And the moment we lose them . . . we lose everything”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“What do you call yourself?” she asked him. “When you talk to yourself, who are you?”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“Your belief is not required for something to be true.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“What a strange vortex the years suddenly seemed. The jump from ten to twenty-five was a lifetime. The leap from twenty-five to forty was but a long weekend.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“But perhaps your heart is too hard.” She smiled a little to take the sting out of her words. “The truth is, the harder we are, the easier we shatter. It takes some softness to absorb life’s blows.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“It is the things we most want to put down, the things that are hardest to carry, to endure, that give our lives the most meaning.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved

“the things we most want to put down, the things that are hardest to carry, to endure, that give our lives the most meaning. Sometimes our burdens are taken from us. And sometimes we walk away from them. Sometimes, not having that burden might even feel good. We might feel relief. But it doesn’t take long to realize that the things we call burdens are most often ballast. Our burdens give weight to everything we do. They shed light on all that we are. And the moment we lose them . . . we lose everything.” He had lost everything, once.”
― Amy Harmon, The Unknown Beloved