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

- Claire Cook

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

- Claire Cook

I was a lot braver when I was eight.

- 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

I'd spent so many years doing things I didn't really want to do for people I didn't really like.

- Claire Cook

Maybe deep down inside we were all still in our formative years. Maybe it was never too late for any of us to change.

- 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

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

- Claire Cook

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

- Claire Cook