Quotes from Lisa Wingate

...The most important thing, I think. You can't run from your past. You have to take it for what it is and realize that it's part of you.

Life is not unlike cinema. Each scene has its own music, and the music is created for the scene, woven to it in ways we do not understand. No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn't suit the moment.

Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see. Sometimes we cannot raise our chins and see eye to eye, so we must bow our heads and have faith in one another.

A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it out and see what else is on the table.

Fear builds walls instead of bridges. I want a life of bridges, not walls.

A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses.

One of the best things a father can do for his daughter is let her know that she has met his expectations. My father did that for me, and no amount of effort on my part can fully repay the debt.

I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.

We die once when the last breath leaves our bodies. We die a second time when the last person speaks our name.' The first death is beyond our control, but the second one we can strive to prevent.

What the mind don't 'member, the heart still know. Love, the strongest thang of all. Stronger than all the rest.

No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn't suit the moment.

I learned that you need not be born into a family to be loved by one.