Lisa Verge Higgins > Quotes

“there's this thing about rainbows. they're perfect from afar. but when you get real close to them, they just disappear.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins

“Any fool could see that you're at the reeling end of a long, strong rope - soon enough, It'll be tugging you back.”
― lisa verge higgins, The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

“We rush, rush, rush to get things done, and in the process, our lives rush past us.
Life isn't supposed to rush past you like that. You're supposed to live it. Moment by moment. Mile by mile. Day by day.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins, Random Acts of Kindness

“Any sharp transition such as this was like birth; the pain was necessary to remind you of its importance.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins, The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

“If you die with your bank accounts empty, then you planned well.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins, Senseless Acts of Beauty

“You're so busy running here and there that you've forgotten that the goal of life is learning.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins, Random Acts of Kindness

“Running the house like a well-oiled machine even when she was not there. Running it so well that all anyone noticed was the rare screw-up.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins, The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

“you're a terrible liar. sarah never mentioned me, because there's nothing to say. when did that happen. when did the old rock-climbing, mutiple-master's-degree kate lose her edge ? i'm no more exciting than an advertsing demographic. middle aged suburban white woman.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins, The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

“But all that was as automatic as her beating heart, as subconscious as breathing - what she felt above all was the fierce tingling certainty of being alive.”
― Lisa Verge Higgins, The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship