--- title: "1 Thoughts Talents Quotes By Amy Harmon" description: "1 Thoughts Talents quotes by Amy Harmon. Plus more from Amy Harmon and more Thoughts Talents sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/amy-harmon-1093_family_they-can-take-our-homes-our-possessions_353160.png" --- > [“They can take our homes, our possessions. Our families. Our lives. They can drive us out, like they’ve driven us out before. They can humiliate us and dehumanize us. But they cannot take our thoughts. They cannot take our talents.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/they-can-take-our-homes-our-possessions-our-families-our-lives-they/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/amy-harmon-1093_family_they-can-take-our-homes-our-possessions_353160.png) ## More by Amy Harmon > [“You can't control who loves you...you can't let someone love you anymore than you can make someone love you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/you-can-t-control-who-loves-you-you-can-t-let-someone-love-you/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“I love the way you smile at me... knocks me on my arse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/i-love-the-way-you-smile-at-me-knocks-me-on-my-arse/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“When the ancient Romans would conquer a new place or a new people, they would leave the language and the customs in tact –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/when-the-ancient-romans-would-conquer-a-new-place-or-a-new-people/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“Maybe it was just Mr. Wilson's obvious love of the subject he taught. Maybe it was simply his cool accent and his youth. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/maybe-it-was-just-mr-wilson-s-obvious-love-of-the-subject-he-taught/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“It wasn't nothing. It was something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/it-wasn-t-nothing-it-was-something/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“Once upon a time there was a little blackbird, pushed out of the nest, unwanted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-little-blackbird-pushed-out-of-the-nest/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“Do you think about how I look when you kiss me?" "Yes." His voice was raspy. "I think about your long red hair and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/do-you-think-about-how-i-look-when-you-kiss-me-yes-his-voice-was/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“If God made all our faces, did he laugh when he made me? Does he make the legs that cannot walk and eyes that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/if-god-made-all-our-faces-did-he-laugh-when-he-made-me-does-he-make/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [But maybe you see beauty in me because you are beautiful, not because I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/but-maybe-you-see-beauty-in-me-because-you-are-beautiful-not-because/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“I keep wishing you had had a better life...a different life. But a different life would have made you a different Blue." He looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/i-keep-wishing-you-had-had-a-better-life-a-different-life-but-a/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“You can’t find the end of infinity. There is no end. So if you can’t tack space onto the end of infinity, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/you-can-t-find-the-end-of-infinity-there-is-no-end-so-if-you-can-t/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“News flash, Fern Taylor! Everything has changed! You are beautiful, I am hideous, you don’t need me anymore, but I sure as hell need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/news-flash-fern-taylor-everything-has-changed-you-are-beautiful-i-am/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“No. It can’t happen because I’m a Jew. And it’s now against the law for Catholics to marry Jews. It’s against the law for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/no-it-can-t-happen-because-i-m-a-jew-and-it-s-now-against-the-law-for/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [“Silence, daughter. Stay alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/silence-daughter-stay-alive/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) > [The real thing, when done right , is always better than a daydream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/the-real-thing-when-done-right-is-always-better-than-a-daydream/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thoughts-talents/amy-harmon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Thoughts Talents Quotes By Amy Harmon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They can take our homes, our possessions. Our families. 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