Top 70 Eileen Cook Quotes
#1. It's hard to miss something you never had.
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#2. The entrance hall was designed to impress. The floor was a buttery cream-colored marble and the walls were paneled in dark wood. I'm not a lumberjack, so I had no idea what kind of wood it was, but it looked expensive.
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#3. In the end, I think it comes down to being comfortable with who you are versus where you are.
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#4. The easy thing isn't the same as the right thing.
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#5. We can still be good people, even if we don't say or do good things all the time.
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#6. Have faith that the universe will provide, but you have to be willing to do your part. You can't expect fate to carry the whole load. Take steps toward your goal to show your commitment. The universe needs to know you're not screwing around. -Anita
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#7. You should step out of the box more often. See what the world has to offer."
"I stepped out of the box the night I broke the statue, and look where that got me."
"Exactly! You had a chance to get to know me as a result. Talk about lucky. Think what could happen if you tried again.
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#8. Promise me you won't do anything stupid."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'd been planning to come up with the most moronic plan I could think of, but I guess now I won't.
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#9. Fictional boyfriends were way more satisfying, in my experience. They almost always said the right thing, and when you got bored with them, you just put them back on the shelf.
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#10. Why is being an unmarried woman something that we should be ashamed of, as if we've failed? Men don't feel this way. When they haven't married, they make it sound like they've gotten away with something. Their single status makes them even more appealing to the other sex.
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#11. Remember, ghosts don't care if you believe in them. They can still believe in you.
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#12. Doesn't just about everybody disappoint their parents? They say all they want is for us to be happy, but what they really want is for us to be their do-over. Their second chance at life.
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#13. Then something happens, and we realize that all we've fallen for is the idea of something, not the reality.
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#14. My mom giggled and whacked Dick with a dish towel. I would have whacked him harder with the cutting board, but that was just my preference.
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#15. You better be careful, I've got a ladle. You never know what a trained killer can do with an innocent-looking kitchen utensil.
I don't think you're a trained killer.
So should I be insulted that you think I'm an amateur killer?
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#16. Don't you ever wonder if everything we've been told really makes sense?
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#17. What's wrong? Are you trying to make me lose it? Why didn't you say something when I came in?"
"I didn't know I was supposed to. You called out for your mom. I didn't know I was required to announce my presence like it was roll call.
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#18. my dad huffing and puffing about how he insisted on the top tier of care.
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#19. As a matter of fact, there was a rule. If he wanted the Save the Crotch letter, then there was going to be an official vote.
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#20. Do you want to be with someone who loves you for something that isn't really you?
- Jane
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#21. they are ambassadors for this program and for their country.
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#22. I couldn't decide if I was more offended that people thought I was the kind of person who would kill myself over a boyfriend or that I was apparently too stupid to know how to do it right.
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#23. Life isn't a vintage film," Christopher said. When he saw my confused face he explained. "Things aren't always black-and-white.
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#24. You got me. As soon as I saw your prowess with the floor buffer, I was yours.
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#25. Apparently, in addition to muscles, Nate had an inner squirrel. He didn't have any trouble balancing on the tree, whereas I felt like I could fall out anytime.
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#26. I couldn't decide if the fact that Nathaniel had watched me when I was sleeping was creepy or sort of exciting. God, I hoped I hadn't been lying there with my mouth open and drooling.
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#27. I want to live someplace where things happen.
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#28. Is it so bad to want something that you know is wrong?
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#29. Maybe I only wanted to believe I was the kind of person who would never do something to Simone.
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#30. I could have gone my entire life without the image of my mom and Dick engaged in a sexual role-playing game. Especially in my clothes.
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#31. I thought if I moved away, I could move away from all of it, but the memories were still with me. The fact that I was shy and awkward didn't change just because I changed locations.
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#32. If it isn't a choice,then it means you must be born a certain way,either gay or straight. If you are born that way,it must mean that god made you that way,which makes it unlikely that he would damn you to hell for it. After all,it would be technically his fault.
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#33. BFF manifesto rule number one: no bullshit. If I thought you were insane, I'd tell you -Anita
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#34. Has is occurred to you that they're the same and you're the one who's different?
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#35. How will I know who I can become if I don't give myself the chance to try new things, to push myself beyond my normal boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to define myself?
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#36. He looks at me for a long moment. "You're not the type of woman who gives up easily, are you?" I
can't tell if he admires this trait or sees it as a sign of deteriorating mental health.
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#37. It wasn't like I had a plan, but it wasn't a mistake.
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#38. Having someone you can talk to is cool, but it's been my experience that it is a lot harder to find someone you can be quiet with.
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#39. Life isn't supposed to be predictable.
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#40. I never worried about being a whale stalker before. I promise to leave them unmolested from now on.
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#41. When everyone was falling in and out of love with some random guy they sat next to in history, I never felt swoony or envious. It seemed a waste. Guys, or at least the ones I'd met, didn't seem worth the bother.
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#42. One of the most primal survival instincts the brain has is finding pattern and assigning meaning. When there is a breakdown, it will scramble to find those patterns again as quickly as possible.
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#45. When you're seventeen and the only friend you have in town is a stuffed animal that doesn't even belong to you, I think it's safe to say your life is officially in the shitter.
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#46. Ah. Morrigan, a voice said behind me. I jumped and spun around. Jesus. She must have been wearing super-quiet librarian shoes.
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#47. I was going to Yale, for crying out loud. How could anyone think I was guilty of murder?
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#48. I'm proud of you, honey. This is a positive thing to have in your life. I'm glad to see you moving in the right direction.
I wasn't aware I was going in the wrong direction.
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#49. Then it occurred to me: You either waited for someone else to do the right thing, or you stood up and did it yourself.
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#50. Your dad does like you. In fact, he wants to protect you from me. He told me to not bother trying to get my claws into you and drag you down to my level.
Bother. Definitely bother. I like the idea of you getting your claws into me.
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#51. Old movies are black-and-white; they've got good guys and bad guys. The thing was, I didn't want to live in the past anymore. It was time for my life to go full color.
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#52. The thought of not having a chance to kiss me again made you throw yourself off a roof. I should be more careful. I know the effect I can have on women.
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#53. Why is it they say you always hurt the ones you love? Because you know exactly how to do it.
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#54. Maybe sometimes you have to take a risk without worrying about the potential disaster.
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#55. You know it's absolutely fine for people to disagree, to be mad at each other.
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#56. Brenda cared for our bacteria with a love and affection that some people don't show their flesh-and-blood children. She would sneak in between classes to coo encouragingly at them, cheering on their growth.
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#57. To be fair, it's not just cycling - the term "sporty" isn't used to describe me. I don't run unless something is chasing me, and I have some kind of visual-spatial ball deficiency.
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#58. I was generally in favor of segregation of the dead and the living.
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#59. If you don't seize the opportunity, how do you know what will happen? Sometimes you have to take the chance
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#60. There went any progress we'd made in being friends. It was going to take more than shared lunches and singing Christmas carols to get over the fact that I'd basically implied he was capable of murdering his own family.
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#61. There was no doubt about it. I was falling for my stepbrother. Long term this would likely result in my ending up on a tacky daytime talk show with other people who had an unnatural love for their relatives.
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#62. Who we are is what comes out when shit goes bad. You can't tell anything about a person when things are great. If you want to really know someone, be there when everything goes to hell.
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#63. We're guys. I punched him, he hit me back, and then everything was fine. We went out for ice cream after.
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#64. Some people like knowing what's going to happen.
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#65. Popularity is a mathematical formula based on desirability criteria. High schools are a classic anthropological case study, and getting people to respond in the way you want is psychology. All science. It's just not the type of science that you're used to.
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#66. Don't worry, Prima Donna. If you start to look faint, I'll drag your body to safety."
"My name is Hailey."
"Okay, Hailey. I'll drag your prima-donna butt to safety, right after I finish my lunch break
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#67. Do you like kids?
Only with barbecue sauce.
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#68. SAN Diego slid from July into August like a baker slides a fresh sheet of cookies into the oven - quick and smooth, with the new panful of days set to cook up crisp.
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#69. Looks to me like you need help. Do you know that you're wearing Thursday panties and today's Monday?
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#70. I'm not afraid," I said, reminding myself and also putting the house on notice just in case.
"Well, that's a good thing," a voice said.
I screamed and whirled around.
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