Eileen Cook

“Tell me the truth. When you were a kid, did you always color inside the lines?”"Coloring in the lines is the whole point. That’s why they have lines,” I said.“That’s where you’re wrong. The lines are there just to hold you in. Like a prison. Think what you might have created if there hadn’t been any lines.”

“Do you want to be with someone who loves you for something that isn’t really you?- Jane”

“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.”

“Then it occurred to me: You either waited for someone else to do the right thing, or you stood up and did it yourself.”

“Don't you ever wonder if everything we've been told really makes sense?”

“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.”

“The easy thing isn't the same as the right thing.”

“In the end, I think it comes down to being comfortable with who you are versus where you are.”

“You know it's absolutely fine for people to disagree, to be mad at each other.”

“Has is occurred to you that they're the same and you're the one who's different?”

“It wasn't like I had a plan, but it wasn't a mistake.”

“Some people like knowing what's going to happen.”

“Life isn't supposed to be predictable.”

“Maybe sometimes you have to take a risk without worrying about the potential disaster.”

“Is it so bad to want something that you know is wrong?”

“It's hard to miss something you never had.”

“I want to live someplace where things happen.”