Quotes by Claire Cook

About Claire Cook:

Claire Cook is an American novelist, non-fiction writer, reinvention speaker, publisher, contest judge (Family Circle magazine fiction contest), Thurber Prize for American Humor finalist and judge, Beach Book Festival grand prize and fiction winner, and former teacher. Cook is a New York Times, USA Today, #1 Amazon.com bestselling author, Good Morning America summer book pick author, and was featured on The Today Show in the Today's Woman: Making the Most of Midlife segment.
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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 ...

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I heard a choking sound behind me. When I looked back, Cannoli was hanging from the backpack harness with her hind legs circling frantically in the air. She looked like she was riding a bike just above ground level. "Cannoli," I yelled. I unhooked he...

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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 cross...

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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 ...

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The world would be a better place if everyone just helped one another out when they needed it, in my opinion.

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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.

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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.

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Relationships, the ones that last anyway, are really an extended game of .

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

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

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

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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.

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I was a lot braver when I was eight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameClaire Cook
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist, non-fiction writer, reinvention speaker, publisher