After Hello Quotes

“Gotta keep moving; can't stop; stagnation kills.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“I believe that sometimes people come into your life at exactly the right moment to give you exactly what you need at that moment.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“I believe happiness is always there. That's why we have to keep looking for it. Because we can't always see it.

Because it doesn't always find us.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Sometimes wearing a mask is the best way to show our true selves.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“My dad taught me never to talk to strangers," she said lightly.
"We're all strangers in the beginning."
"Then what are we in the end?"
"We'll have to see when we get there.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Emotions are tricky things. If you don't control them, they will control you. And if you're living your life out of control, you'll never be able to make clear and rational decisions.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“It takes courage to remove our masks. But it takes greater courage to allow those we care about to remove their own masks when they are with us. When we grant others the opportunity to be open and vulnerable, that is when we can see the truth. In them. And in ourselves.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“If you don't know what you want, you'll never get it. What's more, if you don't know what you want, you'll never know when you DO get it.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“You gotta keep things moving. If leaving behind the past means you can have a better future, then, sure, why not?”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“An unanticipated destination, perhaps, but you must admit,all the best journeys take unexpected detours.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Passion is what makes the world go round. Passion is what drives us to be better than we are. Passion is what makes our emotions - whether love or hate or laughter - ignite and blaze into life.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Because when all you have is the past, it's hard to let it go.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“I try to make choices for my own life. And I try to make those choices count.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Make your own decisions. Make your own choices.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Ah, but art and trouble go hand in hand. If you cannot be troubled to create art from your heart, then your art will never trouble the heart of others.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“You know, sometimes it's okay to hold on to good things - like your grandpa's medallion - and not trade everything. Sometimes it's okay to slow down and be still.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“You have a free manicure, and I have something sweet to remember you by. We both win.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“No matter how many maybes you dream up you still always feel like it was your fault. Life somehow, you could have changed things before... before they couldn't be changed anymore.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“You don't have to believe in happiness for it to exist.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Happiness can be close by, even if your heart is far away.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“I look. I see. I try to help people find what they need. I listen to music. I read. I try to make choices for my own life. And I try to make those choices count.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“Why did New York feel more like home to me than home did? I'd heard of love at first sight, but I didn't know it could happen with a whole city.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“I believe that happiness is always there,' Sam continued, looking up and away at the faint stars struggling to peek through the night. 'That's why we have to keep looking for it. Because we can't always see it.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello

“I couldn't pick just one.
The moment I'd touched the sugar packet, a thousand thoughts cascaded through my mind.
I want to go shopping in Times Square.
I want to go to the top of the Empire State Building.
I want Dad to finish his meetings and come see the city with me.
I want to travel to Paris.
I want to fall in love so hard it makes me cry.
I want...
I shook my head. Sam didn't know what he was asking. How could this small pink square of processed sugar be transformed into my heart's desire?
I want Mom to come home.”
― Lisa Mangum, After Hello