Quotes from Lisa Mangum

Happiness can be close by, even if your heart is far away.

I try to make choices for my own life. And I try to make those choices count.

I believe that sometimes people come into your life at exactly the right moment to give you exactly what you need at that moment.

People think edges are bad, but they are really there to keep up from falling to pieces. They don't hold us back, they hold us in. They hold us together.

I want pictures like these. The kind that can capture a moment, make it real, make it last. I need pictures that do more than reflect. I need pictures that are truth.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes wearing a mask is the best way to show our true selves.

An unanticipated destination, perhaps, but you must admit,all the best journeys take unexpected detours.

You gotta keep things moving. If leaving behind the past means you can have a better future, then, sure, why not?

We can't live our lives obsessing about the past or mourning the future. We have a responsibility to ourselves and to each other to live every moment of our lives the best we can.