Just Jane Quotes

“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, Just Jane

“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.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“The meanderings of the heart and mind are fickle, and are often wont to be withdrawn or amended. ”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“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, Just Jane

“A person content to be bland will never be anyone's first choice as a companion for an idle afternoon.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“I will admit that “just Jane” seems to gain insight from hard times. I wish to ask the Almighty about this, for why do we learn more from struggles than victories?”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“not over. Any claim Eliza has on her husband’s estate lies in”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“To own silence . . . How odd that one does not appreciate something, nor even realize its absence, until it is presented as an unexpected gift.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“A person content to be bland will never be anyone’s first choice as a companion for an idle afternoon.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“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, Just Jane

“And though I continually fight impatience, in all but this vice...
I am truly content.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“Life went on. One can either go with it or let it leave you behind.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“Instincts are given to us by God to guide us. It takes a strong woman to listen to those instincts and ignore what the world says to do.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“When I read a novel I’m not here. I’m 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.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“If a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“Allowing others to decide for us does not guarantee a better decision but almost always guarantees a fuller regret, and regret is a poison I wish on no one.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“I am old enough to know something of the world and young enough to hope for something better.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“God offers grace and forgiveness for a contrite heart. But society offers cruel consequences and never forgives.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“The meanderings of the heart and mind are fickle and are often wont to be withdrawn or amended.”
― Nancy Moser, Just Jane

“I can be quite evil, in a loving sort of way.”
― Nancy moser, Just Jane