A Noble Scheme Quotes

“Moustaches were terribly itchy things--at least when one had only glued the hairs in place instead of growing them oneself. No, he'd tried growing one once too, and his opinion held. They were itchy. Full stop.”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“Words were wily things—but they were miraculous too. They created, they shaped, they breathed life. God had used them to form the universe, and Christ had come as a living Word to write Himself onto the hearts of humankind. Was it any wonder, then, that words had pulled her from the brink of darkness and delivered her, however slowly, back to the Light?”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“When she slipped outside, she paused for a moment, captured by the magic of snow gliding gently down, the lights from the house shining off each crystal. It painted the world in shades of blues and silvers in a way that never failed to take her breath away.”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“We”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“Perhaps she didn't need her own forgiveness. Perhaps she could rely on His.”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“But the thought of not forgiving him, of drifting away until she'd scarcely recognize him on the street, of living the rest of her life alone... that terrified her even more, lit an even deeper flame of grief.”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“It wasn't the same, their mourning. The grief of a mother and the grief of a father - they weren't the same. But sharing them made them a little bit easier to bear.”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“She could choose to be nothing but a moth -eaten rag fit only for the rubbish bin, or she could let God work her into lace, the holes left by the pain and the sorrow every bit as beautiful as the gossamer threads of faith and love that held her together.”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme

“Once upon a time, he’d have leaned in for a kiss, and she’d have counted it a victory to have distracted him for even a moment.”
― Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme