Top 100 Cora's Quotes

#1. Maybe love is a risk, but it's a risk I'm willing to take and as you said, it's not a choice. I never thought I would, never thought I could love someone like that but I fell in love with you. I fought it. It's the first battle I didn't mind losing.

Cora Reilly

Cora's Quotes #1989
#2. I reckon it does take a powerful trust in the Lord to guard a fellow, though sometimes I think that Cora's a mite over-cautious, like she was trying to crowd the other folks away and get in closer than anybody else.

William Faulkner

Cora's Quotes #2788
#3. What did you call me?"

"Captain No-Fun.

Jay Crownover

Cora's Quotes #14661
#4. I have never deceived anyone, for I have never belonged to anyone. My independence was all my wealth: I have known no other happiness.

Cora Pearl

Cora's Quotes #31918
#5. So, what's up with you and Damian?" Helena asks.
"What do you mean?" I can feel the hear of a blush coloring on my cheeks. I can't ever seem to not show how I feel. It's becoming pretty annoying.

Lisa Ann Sandell

Cora's Quotes #57178
#6. Sometimes it's hard to see past our own broken pieces.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #57437
#7. What's your name, love?"
Love? LOVE! Still dying, here.
"Bliss."
"Is that a line?"
I blushed crimson. "No, it's my name."
"Lovely name for a lovely girl.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #64632
#8. We've had too much death and disappointment, so we don't know how to accept the good things when they happen to us.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #74199
#9. They're both looking at me like they, too, are waiting for my sky to start falling. Like they're the only ones who really understand what they just saw.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #82126
#10. Maybe Father thought I was bad girl enough and didn't need a slutty outfit to emphasize that further.

Cora Reilly

Cora's Quotes #85642
#11. An accent. HE HAS A BRITISH ACCENT. Dear God, I'm dying.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #88779
#12. Maybe everything the slave catcher said was true, Cora thought, every justification, and the sons of Ham were cursed and the slave master performed the Lord's will. And maybe he was just a man talking to an outhouse door, waiting for someone to wipe her ass. -

Colson Whitehead

Cora's Quotes #88980
#13. Don't tell me your speechless, princess.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #94191
#14. We want what we can't have. It's human nature.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #95754
#15. Shakespeare. No one reads Shakespeare in a bar unless it's a ploy to pick up girls. All I'm saying is you might have better luck up front.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #102598
#16. Dudes who look dangerous should just be dangerous. Period. The end. They should not be dangerous and beautiful all at the same time. It leaves the universe out of balance, and it makes me do stupid things like stare.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #110383
#17. Some relationships just end. Like a star, they burn bright and brilliant, and then nothing in particular goes wrong, they just reach their end. They burn out.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #129307
#18. Because try as I might, perfect doesn't guarantee me anything. I can't control whether other people will want me or love me or even like me. I can only control how I feel about myself.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #131536
#19. You told me to be myself, so I am.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #138964
#20. I nodded. Nodding was all I knew how to do, all I understood. Nodding, at least, still made sense.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #142579
#21. She said she wanted my best line tomorrow after the show, and now I knew what it was going to be.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #146674
#22. Only you would pick up a girl in jail."
"Only I could.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #150186
#23. There's this funny thing about empathy. It's not actually in limited supply. Just because other people have it worse doesn't mean you don't deserve to be understood. To feel comfort.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #153289
#24. In this world," I kept whispering, "you were the only thing I had but you were the only thing I needed.

Kristen Ashley

Cora's Quotes #162598
#25. Any kind of love where you have to prove yourself to be worthy is the wrong kind.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #165677
#26. I shuffle along, letting the current pull me, and i have the sense that I am like a rat caught in a maze of tunnels, moving endlessly toward some promise of ... of what? Light? Life? Cheese?

Lisa Ann Sandell

Cora's Quotes #178137
#27. Maybe they didn't choose locks because love is permanent. Maybe they chose locks because emotions bind us into place. They weigh us down.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #185914
#28. New Life Realization #1:
Being an adult is hard work. I know people tell you this growing up, but it doesn't really sink in until you're living it, waist deep in the swamps of no-free-time and not-enough-money.
New Life Realization #2:
It's worth it.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #187737
#29. Someone's an easy grader."
"Someone just has a soft spot where you are concerned." He was leaning down towards me and even though his face was a good foot away from me, I swear I felt those words like he'd whispered them into my ear.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #198128
#30. Fact is, knowing what you want and knowing who you are ... those are two separate things. One is complicated. The other isn't. You're trying to take something simple and make it hard, and there's enough hard things in life without you adding more for yourself.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #216662
#31. One proton of faith, three electrons of humility, a neutron of compassion and a bond of honesty," Robert said, winking at his daughter. "What's that?" Cora frowned, confused. Maggie laughed. "That, according to your father, is the molecular structure of love.

Menna Van Praag

Cora's Quotes #218876
#32. It would't be easy. Max was too hurt and her parents too upset for a cry session to fix everything, but it was the beginning, and that's all we can ask for in life - for a beginning to follow every end.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #223154
#33. What cat? Oh! MY CAT. The cat ... that is mine. Oh, she's ... " I had said it was a she, right? "She's fine. All meowing and purring and other cat things.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #285366
#34. Honey, right now you look like someone's adorable little sister. No guy wants to screw his little sister. And if he does, you don't want to be near him.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #340929
#35. Make him be good to you. Make him love you if you can. It's the only way to get through this.

Cora Reilly

Cora's Quotes #386478
#36. A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education.

Cat Cora

Cora's Quotes #439778
#37. Marriage is work, Cora, I'm not going to lie. It's glorious some days and not so much on others.

Rachel Hauck

Cora's Quotes #448751
#38. It's fun to pick a cuisine and say I'm going to research Ethiopian food, and see what it's all about. You find that there are a lot of similarities in cuisines from around the world and a lot of similar flavors.

Cat Cora

Cora's Quotes #504928
#39. I thought a wolf's mindset was just to take?"
"I am not just looking at you through the eyes of a wolf, Cora. I am looking at you through the eyes of your mate. It is the only thing that has allowed me to hold back with you. The pull between us is intense.

Franca Storm

Cora's Quotes #523802
#40. Why isn't there a reality TV show filled with hot guys doing sweaty, mouthwatering tasks?
Oh, right. That's called sports

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #535393
#41. Pity's tears are spontaneous.

Anna Cora Mowatt

Cora's Quotes #543790
#42. I get what it's like to want something, but to try and force yourself to really believe that you don't.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #590875
#43. Sounds like this ability stuff went okay with Shane after all. I had no idea that he would react like that," Noah said.
"Yeah, well, it helps when he wants to rip Nessa's clothes off," I said grinning.
"Hey, I might just let him. He is pretty hot," Nessa joked.
-Noah, Cora and Nessa

Andrea Heltsley

Cora's Quotes #637641
#44. He's right you know. I will pull you down with me."
I lift my chin and reply, "If I go down, it will be because I jumped, not because you made me fall.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #678178
#45. Perfect doesn't guarantee me anything. I can't control whether other people will want me or love me or even like me. I can only control how I feel about myself. And that's something I'm still discovering day by day.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #680295
#46. It would be years before I realized that like the decree on the life of Moses, satan's fury against our child was in all actuality fear of what she has now become. Today

Cora Jakes-Coleman

Cora's Quotes #711799
#47. Stop
trying to do what's right and do what feels good for you. You're fucking overthinking everything again.

Cora Reilly

Cora's Quotes #721564
#48. Mary is a very well-written typical eldest child in that she puts her own needs at the forefront ... She's not as inclined to conciliate or placate. Cora is fascinated by Mary

Jessica Fellowes

Cora's Quotes #723832
#49. It's a funny thing to miss people before you've even left them, but that's what I was feeling now.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #729390
#50. You told me once that history matters, but it's frozen, set in stone. This is part of our history. I can't change it or undo it. But it doesn't have to dictate our future.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #767996
#51. You never know what the vodka will bring," I laughed.
"Oh, like the time you caught my hair on fire at the candlelight party in Mel's basement! That was the craziest thing that I ever had happen to me. If you hadn't switched to water, I would have been bald!"
-Cora, Nessa

Andrea Heltsley

Cora's Quotes #771321
#52. If there's anything I learned with you, it's that one more day was never enough

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #774540
#53. Then she's gone, and it feels like everything I've built here is seconds away from crumbling around me. Like a house of cards destroyed by a simple breath. And all I can think is if things are going to fall apart, I'm not going to stand here trying to catch the pieces.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #791720
#54. Sometimes, it's the scary things in life that are the most worthwhile.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #808141
#55. Hold your breath and close your eyes
Distract yourself with other guys
It's no surprise, your defeated sighs
Aren't you tired of the lies?

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #814405
#56. It's such a stupid thing. I've had my arm around more girls that I could possibly remember, but in this moment with this girl, who is so far above me I might as well be trying to scoop up the stars, it feels a little bit like a hard-earned first down.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #814772
#57. Sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until it's already knocked you flat on your back. -Cade

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #837304
#58. It's not that I don't like cats. And really, I think I would enjoy having ... a cat. But what if I get a cat before I'm ready? What if I choose the wrong cat? Or what if I'm bad at it ... being a cat owner, I mean?

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #848112
#59. Because Mateo Torres is loud, and I'm quiet. Because he's reckless, and I'm cautious. Because he belongs everywhere, and I don't.
Because I think I'm in danger of falling in love with him.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #867947
#60. It's Complicated" I said. "I don't know what home is anymore"
"I think home is wherever you are happiest

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #868029
#61. He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.

Madeleine Stowe

Cora's Quotes #873050
#62. Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture.

Anna Cora Mowatt

Cora's Quotes #882846
#63. There's a fine line between broody and potential sociopath. Right now you're walking the line.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #892943
#64. Just then, Rhy appeared, looking cheerfully drunk. "There you are!" he called, wrapping his arm around Kell's shoulders and hissing in his ear. "Hide. Princess Cora is hunting princes ... .

Victoria Schwab

Cora's Quotes #913681
#65. I drop my head against the steering wheel and groan. "You are in so much trouble, Dylan Brenner." And trouble's name is Silas Moore.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #930590
#66. It's the simple things in life that comprise the difference between existing and living.
(from blog post on October 26, 2013, original content)

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #934584
#67. Mason groaned. "Clinton, you're so dumb it gives me a headache. You heard Cora. She said keep Damon from eating people, not feed people to him." "Who

T.S. Joyce

Cora's Quotes #997869
#68. Let's get the heck out of here then. These dark empty places give me the creeps. I feel like zombies are going to spring out at any time," I said, picking up my dropped items.
"If there are zombies then we have much bigger problems," he joked.
-Cora and Noah

Andrea Heltsley

Cora's Quotes #1007639
#69. We spend so much time defending our choice to do this that it becomes hard to show any vulnerability at all. There's only so many times you can handle someone asking about your fall back for when things don't work before you start thinking that maybe the fall back should just be your plan.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1016014
#70. The thing about being at home versus being out in the world working is, it's a whole different vibe. When I'm home with my kids and partner, I will cook - even though she's a very good cook. She's learned over the years. We started with basics, you know, how to saute onions, how to saute mushrooms.

Cat Cora

Cora's Quotes #1082118
#71. What if he'd just . . . I don't know . . . stuck it in, no warning or whatever. Like . . . SURPRISE! Here's a penis.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1104698
#72. I will never be able to turn this girl down. Whatever she wants from me, it's hers. No matter what she asks for, I'll find a way to give it to her. She may not be mine, but somewhere along the way, I ended up hers.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1154854
#73. ... I charged most of our fun on Daddy's credit card. Not like he would notice or care. And if he did, he'd always said that if money didn't buy happiness, then people were spending it wrong.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1160398
#74. Living is hard. And every day our feet get heavier and we pick up more baggage. So, we stop and take a breath, close our eyes, reset our minds. It's natural. As lond as you open your eyes and keep going.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1173722
#75. Sorry about that."
"You didn't hear me complaining."
I raised an eyebrow and said, "Forget about it. You will never see me in that skirt."
"Never? Is that a challenge, love?"
"It's a promise.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1175774
#76. I agree, and I doubt coma boy will even notice. I mean seriously, the guy was buried alive for heaven's sake, I added.
-Cora

Andrea Heltsley

Cora's Quotes #1177432
#77. Don't interfere. Go on ahead to the compound."
Cora's eyes narrowed. "Is that an order?"
Ryan heaved a sigh. "A suggestion, but I can make it an order if you prefer.

Franca Storm

Cora's Quotes #1188168
#78. So he doesn't tick any of my usual boxes, but there's something in the way he looks at me. In his eyes, there's this strange kind of appreciation that is part attraction, part something else that makes me feel rare and precious and . . . seen.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1189656
#79. She's a fucking rat trying to humiliate a queen...She's nothing

Cora Reilly

Cora's Quotes #1268803
#80. When I'm home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family - the TV was off. I think it's important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day.

Cat Cora

Cora's Quotes #1292005
#81. I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age.

Cat Cora

Cora's Quotes #1344299
#82. That's a big giant fuck if there ever was one.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1358598
#83. I think it's genetically impossible not to be kind of in love with him when you come equipped with a vagina. It's just something about all that angsty, moody swagger he has that makes you want to cuddle him up and make him feel better.

Jay Crownover

Cora's Quotes #1362814
#84. Life's too short to waste time living it any other way.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1428900
#85. Sarsaparilla boiled for one of Sybil's tonics, overpowering the aroma of the roasting meat. Cora

Colson Whitehead

Cora's Quotes #1447151
#86. You are allowed to make mistakes, Nell. And even though it might seem right now like one mistake is enough to derail your entire future, it's not.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1458483
#87. Aunt Cora says it's my aura. I see them, you know. Yours is dark. Sort of like black coffee, although it fluctuates. Sometimes there are little flecks of gold. If you could make those coalesce, turn your aura more toffee than coffee, things would be different.

Ellen Hopkins

Cora's Quotes #1507423
#88. Every public school in the country should have a nutrition-education curriculum. We're creating a pilot program at my son's school. We are looking to create a replicable model that can help bring good nutrition to all children.

Cat Cora

Cora's Quotes #1518465
#89. He blocks out the sun, and maybe it's the pain or maybe it's just him, but it feels like one of those rare total eclipses where you know you're not supposed to look because it can destroy your eyes or something, but it's so incredible that you can't help it.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1588567
#90. He might not have a good head on his shoulders, but he has good shoulders, so that's close, right?

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1626751
#91. When you love someone, really love someone, it's a lasting mark on your soul. There's a lock on your heart that you'll carry with you always. You may lose the key or give it away, but the lock stays with you all the same.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1656033
#92. I swallow and stare and swallow again, because dear, sweet Jesus riding a unicorn, he's perfect.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1662968
#93. I never dated a girl like her, and she's probably never dated a guy like me. But sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until it's already knocked you flat on your back.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1692470
#94. Mme. Deluzy has said that indifference is a woman's guardian angel,
a remark not only applicable in France, but all over the world.

Anna Cora Mowatt

Cora's Quotes #1698128
#95. Bliss, wait one second."
I took my time packing up my stuff, waiting for everyone else to leave the computer lab.
When we were alone I asked, "What's up?"
He smiled, "Nothing."
Then he pressed me into the computer table behind me and kissed me.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1735113
#96. I think about food all the time. It's my passion; it's my profession. But some people think about food all the time because they're hungry. We can put an end to this if we join forces and lend a hand.

Cat Cora

Cora's Quotes #1748308
#97. I'm figuring out what I want by trial and error, and maybe that's not the best way, but it's all I've got. All I know is that I need to be my own person, someone shaped by my desire, not fear of disappointing the people who are supposed to love me.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1784761
#98. I call my dad 'Admiral Ass Hat,' he doesn't really think it's funny.

Jay Crownover

Cora's Quotes #1806664
#99. Close your eyes. Remember what we talked about that night after your concert? Living is hard. It was hard when you were thirteen, it's hard today, and it will be hard again in the future. So, you close your eyes and you breathe. Breathe with me.

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1851026
#100. What was he doing in there? Was he just getting dressed reeeaaally slowly? Was he looking through my things? Was he trashing my place because I'd run out and left him there like the biggest jerk this side of Kanye West at the 2009 VMA's?

Cora Carmack

Cora's Quotes #1864936

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