“But what if scrambling to pay the bills takes every minute of your day, every ounce of your creativity? What if you can't afford an au pair? What if you can't even afford an ordinary babysitter?” — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
Maybe part of find what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want. Maybe there was hope for me yet. — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“You can try to avoid getting hurt six ways from Sunday, but it still might happen.” — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“That’s the way it has to be. If you’re not really into something, you don’t put the time in, so you don’t get good… — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
Relationships, the ones that last anyway, are really an extended game of Let's Make A Deal . — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“There were lots of kinds of men in the world. There were lots of kinds of dogs in the world. There were lots of… — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“Why one human being is attracted to another is one of the great mysteries of the world.” — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“Your problem, my darling daughter, is that you're afraid you're going to miss something. But what you don't realize is that, by not making… — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan. — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“I just figured that was the life I picked, so I had to make the most of it.” — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“I opened both eyes. Dread was sitting on my chest as if it were an animal. I mean, dread so real it had physical… — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“I confronted the fact that I was not only talking to a dog, but answering for one.” — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
