Marissa Moss > Quotes

“It is often while you are looking for something else entirely that you make the most amazing finds.”
― Marissa Moss, The Pharaoh's Secret

“It all made me realize I wasn't the only one who wasn't sure they belonged. There was no one right way to fit in--it seemed like everyone was finding their own place, even if that place was on the edge of things. Still, there had to be ways to make it easier.”
― Marissa Moss, Amelia's Longest, Biggest, Most-Fights-Ever Family Reunion

“what is it like to have a dad?”
― marissa moss, Amelia's Family Ties

“A wink is like no other gesture. It's like a secret smile, a whisper with your face.”
― Marissa Moss, Amelia's Boy Survival Guide

“Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)”
― Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

“I can't change Mr. L., but I can change how I think of him. If I don't care about his opinion, his insults can't hurt me.”
― Marissa Moss, Amelia's 6th-Grade Notebook

“One bloody battle followed another. Sometimes the North won, sometimes the South, but always the soldiers lost, thousands of them dying or maimed.”
― Marissa Moss, Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero

“It might be nice to need glasses because when you take them off, the world becomes a nice, big blur. There's something safe and cozy about that.”
― Marissa Moss, Amelia's 6th-Grade Notebook