“Joy, I realized, isn't so much a circumstance you find yourself in but a choice you make” — Lisa Wingate Choice Copy Share Image
“Mama has always been in charge of the world, and she’s determined not to abdicate now.” — Lisa Wingate Determined Copy Share Image
“hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We’re always trying to persuade ourselves of things.” — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“I desire to live my life this way,... Not caged by the walls of fear, but in anticipation of the bridges to… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Maybe there came a point in life where you had to quit categorizing whole groups of people by a few bad experiences.” — Lisa Wingate Bad experiences Copy Share Image
“My mama used to say if you frown on the outside long enough, eventually you'll grow a frown on the inside, too.” — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Normal doesn't happen overnight when the world around and between you has always been off-balance.” — Lisa Wingate Change Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it ain’t the drunk or the sinner who needs a shovel across the rear, it’s the ones who could quote you… — Lisa Wingate Grace Copy Share Image
“Happiness is not in getting what you want, but in learning to want what you get. Don’t waste your time crying over… — Lisa Wingate Happiness Copy Share Image
“The trick,” she says, “is to find a new dream for the next part of your life. Then empty nest becomes a… — Lisa Wingate Dreams Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on… — Lisa Wingate Eye to eye Copy Share Image
“one of the paradoxes of life. You can’t have it all. You can have some of this and some of that or… — Lisa Wingate Life Copy Share Image
“I wrote about the rush of love, the changing of a woman into a mother—a process that happened without conscious thought, as… — Lisa Wingate Change Copy Share Image
“When I'm with him, I feel like a completely different person. I like the way this person feels. And then I wonder… — Lisa Wingate Authentic Copy Share Image
“The storms come and it’s water and wind as far as the eye can see for a bit. But winds calm and… — Lisa Wingate Storms Copy Share Image
“I realize it's not the best timing-it's only been a month, but life isn't about waiting for perfect timing. If you're not… — Lisa Wingate Life Copy Share Image
“I heard my grandfathers voice. What do they think-- the storms will never come? You build a house on the sand, the… — Lisa Wingate Change Copy Share Image
“What the mind don’t ’member, the heart still know. Love, the strongest thang of all. Stronger than all the rest.” — Lisa Wingate Love Copy Share Image
“I drop her on the cot and turn away and grab my hair and pull until it hurts. I want to pull… — Lisa Wingate Pain Copy Share Image
“bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always… — Lisa Wingate Bygone Copy Share Image
“That part of you that wants to care for other folks is like fresh milk. You might as well pour it out… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this rebirth from one thing to another happens repeatedly in a lifetime. Maybe life is a series of little deaths and… — Lisa Wingate Death Copy Share Image
“Like the beach glass, the wood was more beautiful because of its journey, because of the things it had been through. Inside… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Well, that’s one of the paradoxes of life. You can’t have it all. You can have some of this and some of… — Lisa Wingate Life Copy Share Image
“When I was at Mrs. Murphy’s and then the Seviers’ house, I thought if I could just get back to the Arcadia,… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“A woman’s past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear… — Lisa Wingate Music Copy Share Image
“A woman’s past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear… — Lisa Wingate Music Copy Share Image
“the choral group. I have even begun to master the organ, not so different from Monsieur’s piano. I strained to hear the… — Lisa Wingate Audiences Copy Share Image
