Deese Quotes & Sayings

Emergency Rooms ... were the nightmares your nightmares had while they slept. — Nicole Deese

It wasn't torpor that kept her - she was often restless to the point of irritability. She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed. — Ian McEwan

What if I lose what little control I have left? I may live in a prison now, but at least I know my way around it. — Nicole Deese

Good character isn't produced overnight; it's grown over many seasons. In the same way you sort the good apples from the bad, the marks of poor characters are just as easy to detect. — Nicole Deese

Less possessing-less possessed.
More possessing-more possessed.
More possessed-less accessed.
Less possessed-more accessed. — Mikhail Naimy

Dreams bloom when the time is right — Nicole Deese

Every opportunity worth pursuing comes with a price tag. Either sweat or sacrifice. Sometimes both. — Nicole Deese

The whole forbidden-romance thing . . . it's a myth. No woman ever marries the man they have to hide. The adventure, the adrenaline, those things are fun while they last. But that kind of commitment is as temporary as the heartache you feel now. — Nicole Deese

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil. — Horatio Nelson

Sunsets are a reminder that every day will come to an end. And no matter how hard, or how trying, or how all-consuming that twenty-four-hour period might feel...every day can be as different as every sunset. — Nicole Deese

How many paths had I avoided in life? How many times had I been content to stop at "close enough"
too afraid to push ahead? Too afraid to let go?
Too afraid to give up ... control. — Nicole Deese

Is it your background, then?" Lord Franton smiled and shook his head. "That need not worry you. You're a wizard now; what you were before does not matter to me."
"Yes, it does," Kim said softly. "Because part of the time you're sorry about it, and part of the time you think it makes me interesting, and part of the time you ignore it. But you never forget it. — Patricia C. Wrede

You told me not to worry. You told me that God takes care of his creation...that his timing is always perfect - Rayne — Nicole Deese

Love isn't measured by what we gain. It's measured by how much we give away. — Nicole Deese

Character is built on every decision we make, especially those we make in secret. — Nicole Deese

I hope that I've been able to treat people with the respect they've shown me. That's basically the tenet you try to live by. I haven't been successful at it all my life, but that's what I strive for. — Tom Watson

I knew your face before your heart, I saw your pain right from the start A stunning sight I won't forget, Tears that flowed out of regret, So take your time and take your space
I'll be here while you navigate My love for you alone will wait My love for you alone will wait You captured me before I knew A rare reward, a heart so true How could it be with just one look, My world was changed, my love unhooked So take your time and take your space I'll be here while you navigate My love for you alone will wait My love for you alone will wait I only want to see you freed Outside the walls you cannot see So break away from debts not yours
Receive the grace that's been out-poured So take your time and take your space I'll be here while you navigate My love for you alone will wait My love for you alone will wait
Deese, Nicole (2013-01-22). All For Anna (Letting Go) (p. 234-235). Kindle Edition. — Nicole Deese

Consequences aren't always physical. Not the ones that hurt the most anyway. — Nicole Deese

Truth always leaves a trail — Nicole Deese

Bitterness can compromise a heart the way fireblight disease can consume an apple orchard. — Nicole Deese

Summer had so much drive, so much ambition, but when she started focusing too much on what lay ahead, she missed out on everything that was right in front of her. — Nicole Deese

Sister,
Words cannot express the love I have for you, or the hope I have for your future, but they would only fail in comparison to those God has already written for you ... He is faithful. Let Him restore you in His perfect timing and in His perfect way. — Nicole Deese

hand tightly and glances at — C. L. Baston