Quotes from Lisa Wingate

After all, what good is a life saved if you fail to live it?

The river's got her own magic. She takes care of her people. Always will. But tonight, that magic's gone bad.

I never thought to ask her name, Father, but you know the little mulberry girl as you know each sparrow of the field. You are the white berry that removes the stain.

I want a pain I understand instead of the one I don't. I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not

When we look only at our own plans, we miss the infinite possibilities of a greater plan.

I shush my mind, because your mind can ruin you if you let it. I

Along our journey, people and events flow into us, and we are created of everywhere and everyone we have passed. Each event, each person, changes us in some way. Even in times of drought we are still moving and growing, but it is during seasons of rain that we expand the most-when water flows from all directions, sweeping at terrifying speed, chasing against rocks, spilling over boundaries. These are painful times, but they enable us to carry burdens we could never have thought possible.

May the two of you walk the shore side by side sharing sister stories for many years to come.

My pappy used to say, any day you don't find a reason to laugh is like livin' two days, neither one of them worth a whit.

Find the beautiful things, little brother. Every time you mourn for me, I'll be far away. But when you celebrate, I'll be right there with you, dancing.

A life can be blessed without your ever deserving it. You can be loved by people just because they choose to love you.

The great thing about literature is that it's subjective. No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences.