Before We Were Yours Quotes

“But the love of sisters needs no words. It does not depend on memories, or mementos, or proof. It runs as deep as a heartbeat. It is as ever present as a pulse.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“A woman’s past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We’re always trying to persuade ourselves of things.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“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.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“Well, that’s one of the paradoxes of life. You can’t have it all. You can have some of this and some of that or all of this and none of that. We make the trade-offs we think are best at the time.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“People don’t come into our lives by accident.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“In my multifold years of life, I have learned that most people get along as best they can. They don’t intend to hurt anyone. It is merely a terrible by-product of surviving.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“We plan our days, but we don’t control them.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“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.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“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.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“I shush my mind, because your mind can ruin you if you let it.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“A woman’s past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“What the mind don’t ’member, the heart still know. Love, the strongest thang of all. Stronger than all the rest.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“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.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“I learned that you need not be born into a family to be loved by one.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“The good life demands a lot of maintenance”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“And if you haven't got a single book, the idea of putting your hand on one is like Christmas and a birthday rolled up together.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“It’s funny how what you’re used to seems like it’s right even if it’s bad.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“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. I let go of the river’s song”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“Oh, child. The best thing is to know. I always tell ’em, best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside. Ain’t no other good way of livin’.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“But the love of sisters needs no words. It does not depend on memories, or mementos, or proof. It runs as deep as a heartbeat. It is as ever present a s a pulse.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“I drop her on the cot and turn away and grab my hair and pull until it hurts. I want to pull all of it out. Every single piece. 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 one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“For the hundreds who vanished and for the thousands who didn’t. May your stories not be forgotten. For those who help today’s orphans find forever homes. May you always know the value of your work and your love.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“One of the best things a father can do for his daughter is let her know that she has met his expectations.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“Don’t borrow trouble from round the bend,”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“We’ve been joined at the heart since she was born. Now my heart’s gone.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“As if I didn’t know that already. A courtroom isn’t much different. Female lawyers are always on trial in more ways than one. We have to play by different rules.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“I’ve found in life that bygones are a bit like collard greens. They tend to taste bitter. It’s best not to chew on them overly long.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“one of the paradoxes of life. You can’t have it all. You can have some of this and some of that or all of this and none of that. We make the trade-offs we think are best at the time.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“I want a pain I understand instead of the one I don’t.”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“Do we carry the guilt from the sins of past generations? If so, can we bear the weight of that burden?”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours