--- title: "1 Velveteen Rabbit Quotes By Lisa Wingate" description: "1 Velveteen Rabbit quotes by Lisa Wingate. Plus more from Lisa Wingate and more Velveteen Rabbit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/lisa-wingate-2771_control-freak_for-just-a-moment-i-thought-about-it-i-p_1315134.jpg" --- > [“For just a moment, I thought about it. I pictured how it would be, dusting off the rusty Romance Lindsey, long hidden in some box in the back closet of my mind, under piles of more important boxes filled with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/for-just-a-moment-i-thought-about-it-i-pictured-how-it-would-be/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/lisa-wingate-2771_control-freak_for-just-a-moment-i-thought-about-it-i-p_1315134.jpg) ## More by Lisa Wingate > [“We knock on the door and wait”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/we-knock-on-the-door-and-wait/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get. Don’t waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/the-secret-to-a-happy-life-is-not-in-getting-what-you-want-it-is-in/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“I was not alone in the human condition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/i-was-not-alone-in-the-human-condition/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“Somewhere, deep within me, beyond the passion, beyond the beauty of the night, that little spark of Daily magic ignited in me again, began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/somewhere-deep-within-me-beyond-the-passion-beyond-the-beauty-of-the/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“Generally, crises were Mom's domain. Dad's job was to listen, nod, act curmudgeonly, and offer to pay for things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/generally-crises-were-mom-s-domain-dad-s-job-was-to-listen-nod-act/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“...setting out together in a marriage is a lot like setting out on the river. Some parts will be rough; some will be smooth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/setting-out-together-in-a-marriage-is-a-lot-like-setting-out-on-the/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“I desire to live my life this way,... Not caged by the walls of fear, but in anticipation of the bridges to magnificence. Help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/i-desire-to-live-my-life-this-way-not-caged-by-the-walls-of-fear-but/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“It’s funny how what you’re used to seems like it’s right even if it’s bad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/it-s-funny-how-what-you-re-used-to-seems-like-it-s-right-even-if-it-s/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“We are His children, each knit together as we should be. We must go by the name our Father has given us. Beloved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/we-are-his-children-each-knit-together-as-we-should-be-we-must-go-by/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“Joy, I realized, isn't so much a circumstance you find yourself in but a choice you make”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/joy-i-realized-isn-t-so-much-a-circumstance-you-find-yourself-in-but/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“Remember that, in any encounter, the only thing you can control is your own actions and reactions. You cannot dictate the actions of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/remember-that-in-any-encounter-the-only-thing-you-can-control-is-your/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“How often ... do we pass by a need, a life that could be changed with the smallest bit of effort? And it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/how-often-do-we-pass-by-a-need-a-life-that-could-be-changed-with-the/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“Oh, child. The best thing is to know. I always tell ’em, best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/oh-child-the-best-thing-is-to-know-i-always-tell-em-best-to-be-who/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“You are a God of winds and tides. Of journeys and storms and navigation by stars and faith.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/you-are-a-god-of-winds-and-tides-of-journeys-and-storms-and/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) > [“What the mind don’t ’member, the heart still know. Love, the strongest thang of all. Stronger than all the rest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/what-the-mind-don-t-member-the-heart-still-know-love-the-strongest/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/velveteen-rabbit/lisa-wingate/#itemlist", "name": "1 Velveteen Rabbit Quotes By Lisa Wingate", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For just a moment, I thought about it. I pictured how it would be, dusting off the rusty Romance Lindsey, long hidden in some box in the back closet of my mind, under piles of more important boxes filled with Work Lindsey, and Mommy Lindsey, Divorce Court Lindsey, and now Shared Custody Lindsey, and Depressed Insane Lindsey. Was Romance Lindsey even there anymore? Probably not. 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