Nancy Moser Quotes & Sayings

And so ... we prayed. And I added a silent prayer of my own, giving God thanks for the blessing of my father. — Nancy Moser

That our path was hard does not mean it was not also right, nor that it is not paved with blessings. — Nancy Moser

What also excites me is that the artist attempts with the visual what I attempt to do with words: stop time, create a moment, and celebrate the process. — 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. — Nancy Moser

The meanderings of the heart and mind are fickle, and are often wont to be withdrawn or amended. — Nancy Moser

And though many women might enjoy the offering of such compliments, I did not want him to love me based on temporal things like a smile or voice or presence, things that could vanish through mood or an unexpected cloud. He must love me for the sake of love alone ... — Nancy Moser

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. — Nancy Moser

I reached for the notebook which was always close by. All thoughts of composing epic poems of Greek heroes had left me. The words that often burst from my onto the paper in recent days would be considered mere nothings to the world, but they were everything to me ... They were the pourings of my heart FOR my heart ... — Nancy Moser

There is much more to playing the clavier than playing written music. Do you realize with accompanying there is often nothing written out but the bass line
the left hand? There might be a few notations as to a suggested harmony, but it is up to me to fill in the music, at the proper volume, style, and harmony for the soloist
often instantly. I've heard it said that Bach questioned wether the soloist or the accompanist deserves the greatest glory. — Nancy Moser

Tea no more! Down with bustles! — Nancy Moser

The room spun with a thousand threads of words and thoughts and senses invisibly interweaving a cloak around us, embracing us with a warmth that surpassed all previous comfort. — Nancy Moser

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

Swoon, Dora. Every young woman deserves to swoon over the love of her life. — Nancy Moser

For who would I be if I tried to be someone besides Jane? The poser of the world try so hard to be what they are not, and yet ... how fatigued they must be Perhaps I am not smart enough to be one of them. Nor strong enough in constitution. — Nancy Moser

When I read a novel I am not here. I am transported to far-off places, my eyes unseeing of the words on the page, busy with a scene being played out in my mind's eye, with my ears engaged, hearing the voices carry from the pen to the present. What a lovely place to be-not here
- Just Jane (Chapter Four Page 35) — Nancy Moser