Talk of the Town Quotes

“Somewhere, deep within me, beyond the passion, beyond the beauty of the night, that little spark of Daily magic ignited in me again, began burning in a place that had gone dark and untended, that had yearned to be bright and warm. I felt it now, something old, something new, something complete. Perhaps it had been in there in me all along, the belief that there is a plan and a purpose, that God whispers into every life, some things that are beyond the scope of the mind, and can only be felt with the heart and the spirit.

Those dreams, the dreams that are dreamed *for* us, not by us, are the truest of all.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“Sometimes it ain't the drunk or the sinner who needs a shovel across the rear, it's the ones who could quote you chapter and verse about grace, but don't hand it out.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“You got to remember that when things are out of our hands, that doesn't mean they're not in God's.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“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, Talk of the Town

“quit fighting the sails and let the wind move the boat-drift on faith for a while.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“Oh shoot, Imagene, you shouldn't have told them that. Big mouth. "I mean, not that the hotel's not open for business now, because it is. Sure enough. You're both here." I flashed a big toothy grin, but only Carter smiled back. The”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“Just because I didn't create the plan didn't mean a plan didn't exist.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“you don’t have any choice but to quit fighting the sails and let the wind move the boat—drift on faith for a while.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“Family members are often just frustrated that, no matter how hard they try to provide companionship, take care of chores, and so forth, they can't replace the person who's gone," Amanda-Lee said sympathetically. "When the grieving spouse talks about that person, the children and grandchildren take it as a complaint or a signal that they're not doing a good enough job. The reality is
that the grieving spouse just needs someone to talk to, someone to reminisce with.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“realize that grieving is a process. It doesn't stop just because the family wants the parent or grandparent to get on with life.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“My mama used to say the blues is an ailment that don't like no sunshine in the room.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“God whispers into every life some things that are beyond the scope of the mind and can only be felt with the heart and the spirit.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“when things are out of our hands, that doesn’t mean they’re not in God’s.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“It’s fixin’ to come a toad strangler,”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“Come about five minutes from now, you’ll be stranded like a horned toad”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“Sometimes it ain’t the drunk or the sinner who needs a shovel across the rear, it’s the ones who could quote you chapter and verse about grace, but don’t hand it out.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“Sometimes, talking to Amber was like herding cats.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“I don't want someone who's just with me until things get a little too difficult, or something better comes along, or marriage isn't as much fun as it used to be. I want the real thing-for better or worse, rich, poor, sickness, health, forever and ever, amen.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

“even though Jack wasn't a romantic man in big showy ways, those little things let me know his feelings more than any high-dollar roses on Valentine's Day ever could have. In Corinthians, Paul says love's not boastful, so I reckon Jack got it right. His love was patient and quiet, and it endured.”
― Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town