Nicole Deese > Quotes

“I can't erase the darkness for you, but I can be the one to hold the light when you're ready to come home.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“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, All for Anna

“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, All for Anna

“It matters because you matter to Him.”
― Nicole Deese, All That Really Matters

“I'd much rather my life be defined by a thousand little moments of faithfulness than by one big moment of fame.”
― Nicole Deese, All That It Takes

“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, The Promise of Rayne

“Emergency Rooms ... were the nightmares your nightmares had while they slept.”
― Nicole Deese, All for Anna

“Character is built on every decision we make, especially those we make in secret.”
― Nicole Deese, The Promise of Rayne

“No heartache has ever gone unseen, and no darkness is ever too solid for light to overcome.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“Love isn't measured by what we gain. It's measured by how much we give away.”
― Nicole Deese, The Promise of Rayne

“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, The Promise of Rayne

“God is often made visible by the hands and feet of the people He places in our lives.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“Consequences aren't always physical. Not the ones that hurt the most anyway.”
― Nicole Deese, The Promise of Rayne

“It was hers to make, mine to support, and God’s to control.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“You don't honor God with your life by changing your personality and tossing out everything that is unique about who you are. You honor Him by offering those very gifts back to Him.”
― Nicole Deese, All That Really Matters

“...maybe that was the thing about finding stillness in God -- it required nothing and everything all at the same time.”
― Nicole Deese, All That It Takes

“Because we’ve both learned the hard way that falling in love is far simpler than staying in love.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“Nobody is ever fully qualified for anything. It’s why we need Jesus.”
― Nicole Deese, The Roads We Follow

“If you waste your heart on hate, you’ll miss the good life has to give.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“A reminder that even though there are still things to talk and sing and laugh about in this life, there are also things to miss and lament and grieve, too. Both are welcome and both are necessary.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“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, All for Anna

“Dreams bloom when the time is right”
― Nicole Deese, The Promise of Rayne

“... but missing someone doesn't always have to be sad, does it? If not, then I'll miss you happy. And I'll miss you laughing. And I'll miss you with every ounce of joy I possess until I'm with you again.”
― Nicole Deese, The Words We Lost

“God's way is rarely easy, but it's always better than mine.”
― Nicole Deese, Before I Called You Mine

“I'm listening now, God.' Now that I have nothing left to give and nothing left to offer anyone.”
― Nicole Deese, All That Really Matters

“Love lives in the hard places with us because that’s what sets it apart. That’s what makes it love.”
― Nicole Deese, All That Really Matters

“Hey, you over there—you who’s been on the path of adoption for more than a year, you who’s been trying to keep your mind occupied while still being an active member of society—well, guess what? Your wait’s about to be over! Only in the meantime, you get to wait some more!”
― Nicole Deese, Before I Called You Mine

“A man who could admit wrongdoing, a man who could break through the layers of his own price, was a man who could love with humility.”
― Nicole Deese, All That It Takes

“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, A Season to Love

“God's best for us rarely comes without the stretching, and it's in that stretching season, those periods of complete and utter dependence on God's faithfulness, that He holds our hearts and molds them into a shape that only He can fill.”
― Nicole Deese, Before I Called You Mine