Claire Cook Quotes

Time flies. Time flies faster every year. Time flies whether you're having fun or not, whether you're living your life big or small, whether you surround yourself with fear or laughter.

~ Claire Cook

I just figured that was the life I picked, so I had to make the most of it.

~ Claire Cook

Maybe part of find what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want. Maybe there was hope for me yet.

~ Claire Cook

If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan.

~ Claire Cook

Everybody does stupid things in life. Some of us more than others. You think you're going to get away with it. Or one or both of you just stop thinking. But it happens. And when it does, you can keep drinking it like poison, or you can put it behind you and go make the most of the rest of your life.

~ Claire Cook

I was a lot braver when I was eight.

~ Claire Cook

Maybe part of finding what you wanted was recognizing what you didn’t want.

~ Claire Cook

Why one human being is attracted to another is one of the great mysteries of the world.

~ Claire Cook

He looks good for a while, but ya know, ya can’t shine a sneaker.

~ Claire Cook

The remnants of his adolescent vulnerability were all over his face.

~ Claire Cook

I confronted the fact that I was not only talking to a dog, but answering for one.

~ Claire Cook

I pulled my suitcase out of the backseat of my bug, along with Cannoli's new travel case, a spiffy animal print pet backpack on wheels. When I first saw it, I thought maybe the dog was supposed to wear the backpack, but it turned out the person wore the backpack with the dog in it.

~ Claire Cook

Because nobody knows you better than somebody who knew you way back then.

~ Claire Cook

When my cell phone rang, I'd just finished cutting up my marriage mattress.

~ Claire Cook

I'd spent so many years doing things I didn't really want to do for people I didn't really like.

~ Claire Cook

If I didn’t have a job, I might have stayed in bed until I rotted.

~ Claire Cook

Maybe if the right person floats into your life, you have to jump in with both feet and try to make it work before the tide turns.

~ Claire Cook