--- title: "4 Alicia Cook Quotes" description: "Alicia Cook is a poet, essayist and activist. She is best known for writing bestselling book Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately and for spreading awareness ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/alicia-cook-71200_first-place_the-new-normal-is-rarely-an-easy-adjustm_153250.jpg" --- # Alicia Cook **4** quotes in **12** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alicia Cook is a poet, essayist and activist. She is best known for writing bestselling book Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately and for spreading awareness on the impact of drug addiction. ## Quotes by Alicia Cook > [“The new normal is rarely an easy adjustment and never truely feels, well, normal. Let's be honest. Plan B is never preferred.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-cook/the-new-normal-is-rarely-an-easy-adjustment-and-never-truely-feels/) [Alicia Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-cook/) [First place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-place/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/alicia-cook-71200_first-place_the-new-normal-is-rarely-an-easy-adjustm_153250.jpg) > [“I need to stop renaming the decisions I've made as mistakes just because I wish I could take them back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-cook/i-need-to-stop-renaming-the-decisions-i-ve-made-as-mistakes-just/) [Alicia Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-cook/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/alicia-cook-71200_failure_i-need-to-stop-renaming-the-decisions-i_181128.jpg) > [“Your life will never be the same, ever, so you can never be the same, ever. Pain will make you stronger, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-cook/your-life-will-never-be-the-same-ever-so-you-can-never-be-the-same/) [Alicia Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-cook/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/alicia-cook-71200_life_your-life-will-never-be-the-same-ever-so_529916.jpg) > [“I've read about people who were so sad, they stayed in bed all day. That alone motivated me to want to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-cook/i-ve-read-about-people-who-were-so-sad-they-stayed-in-bed-all-day/) [Alicia Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-cook/) [Depression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depression/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/alicia-cook-71200_depression_i-ve-read-about-people-who-were-so-sad-t_3220644.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-cook/#itemlist", "name": "Alicia Cook Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The new normal is rarely an easy adjustment and never truely feels, well, normal. Let's be honest. Plan B is never preferred. Detours and alternate routes Are never quite as scenic The darkness of being gifted a second chance Is that it means something went Wrong in the first place. 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