37 Quotes by Nancy Moser

Oh, that God would have made His will ours! Giving us free will was not free; there were costs to consider and balance. The reward for our choices, for our belief in ourselves and our desire to do the right thing, were great. But along the way we had to take risks. We had to try.

I held out my sisters’ letters for him to read. Tears appeared in his eyes, and he kissed the letters and declared, “I love your sisters! It shall be the object of my life to justify the trust shown in these letters. May God bless them.

The prophet Isaiah said the Messiah: ‘had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him.’ Perhaps God has made you a plain man so your gentle spirit can shine through.

My stories wrap around me like a cozy quilt, and sometimes I long to pull that quilt over my head and pin the blanket shut, allowing me to immerse myself in the world vivid in my mind.

A person content to be bland will never be anyone’s first choice as a companion for an idle afternoon.

I am old enough to know something of the world and young enough to hope for something better.

I imagined an impulsive Robert taking Henrietta’s hands and proclaiming, “I love your sister dearly. Madly. We are betrothed.

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

I do not dwell on could-bes. I pray for the best and do my part to create a happy life.