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1 " The mother was holding a baby, had a stroller with what looked like twin girls around three, and had a five-year-old boy who was running around the shelves with a finger shoved up his nose. I considered warning him that if he fell, he would poke his brain out, but it struck me that losing intelligence was not something he was worried about. "
― Eileen Cook , Unraveling Isobel
2 " 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? "
― Eileen Cook , With Malice
3 " 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 natural boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to define myself? "
4 " Why is it they say you always hurt the ones you love? Because you know exactly how to do it. "
5 " 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. "
― Eileen Cook , What Would Emma Do?
6 " Do you like kids?Only with barbecue sauce. "
7 " If you don't seize the opportunity, how do you know what will happen? Sometimes you have to take the chance "
― Eileen Cook , The Education of Hailey Kendrick
8 " I wasn't sure which was worse - to know you were a liar or to believe your own bullshit. "
― Eileen Cook , The Hanging Girl
9 " Destiny is like a boulder. Bulky and hard to move. Its easier to leave it alone than to try to change it. But that never kept anyone from trying. Trust me, I'm a professional. "
10 " Maybe the only way to make the life I'd been wishing for a reality was to do something big. If destiny was going to try and keep me here, I was going to have to do something bold to change it. "
11 " I'm joking," She said to the group. Ah, the joking defense. The tried and true excuse for bullies everywhere. "
12 " Pain and humiliation is always amusing when it happens to someone else. "
13 " 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. "
14 " Most people aren't the kind of people they like to think they are. "
15 " 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. "
16 " 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. "
17 " Ah. Morrigan,” a voice said behind me. I jumped and spun around. Jesus. She must have been wearing super-quiet librarian shoes. "
18 " 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. "
― Eileen Cook , Unpredictable
19 " Do you want to be with someone who loves you for something that isn’t really you?- Jane "
20 " Personally, I felt pretty safe. Librarians are like priests. You can tell them you want information on just about any subject and they never look at you weird. It's like a rule or something. I figured even in a small town like this, my question wouldn't be the strangest one the librarian had heard. I didn't know if librarians had any sort of official privacy code, but I was counting on confidence. They're not big talkers. It comes from being forced to be quiet all the time. "
