Claire Cook

I was a lot braver when I was eight.

— 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

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

— 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

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.

— Claire Cook

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

— Claire Cook

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

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

— Claire Cook

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

— Claire Cook

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.

— Claire Cook