Best 21 quotes of Claire Cook on MyQuotes

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.

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.

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

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.

Time heals many wounds but this loss becomes the defining sadness of your life.

What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention.

Why is it that even when you're trying your hardest not to get attached, something still sneaks up on you?

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

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

Honest, hopelessly romantic old-fashioned gentleman seeks lady friend who enjoys elegant dining, dancing and the slow bloom of affection.

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

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

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.

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

Relationships, the ones that last anyway, are really an extended game of Let's Make A Deal.

There also wasn't one single bit of grass or dirt outside the airport. Even the median strip was a concrete sidewalk. Where did Atlanta's pet travelers pee? Maybe city dogs just learned to use the sidewalk. We kept walking. It looked like if we crossed the road that all the cars used to get onto the highway, we might come to a planted-up area, but we also might get killed. Finally, I just lifted Cannoli up and plopped her down on a great big ashtray built into the top of the trash barrel. "Good thing you're not a German shepherd," I said.

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

There’s life after divorce, Sarah,’ my father proclaimed, not that he’d ever been divorced.

There were lots of kinds of men in the world. There were lots of kinds of dogs in the world. There were lots of men who acted like dogs in the world.

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

You never know what you're going to get with a pinball game," John said. "It's a lot like life. You can't control it, so you have to just roll with it and do the best you can. And if you do well enough, sometimes you get a bonus play.