Trish Cook Quotes

When we don’t directly ask for clarification, we tend to fill in the gaps with negative thoughts. These eventually become rooted in our minds as truths, and then everyone gets stuck in a cycle of misunderstanding and miscommunication.

Do everything you can right now and then decide. Because now is all that matters.

I realize that even in the worst of times there’s always a ray of hope.

There are a few people, or moments, in a person’s life that change our story. She’ll leave her mark on him forever. And him on her.

She had a foul mouth. I didn’t think I could be more smitten.

I have walked alone, with the stars in the moonlit night, I have walked alone, no one by my side. Now I walk with you, with my head held high, in the darkest night, I feel so alive.

Omnia vincit amor

I think honesty is important like you said. But what I actually think is that the key to a good relationship is forgiveness, because without it we're all completely screwed. [...] Because we're all human, and we all make mistakes. Without forgiveness, we'd all be walking this Earth angry and alone, and I think that would really suck.

When you see someone you love in pain like that, it makes you want to lash out at the thing that hurt them

Sometimes the only way to deal with the really bad stuff is to laugh at it.

Gryffindor is the courageous one right? I mean, I’m here because I have the balls to tell adults when they’re douche bags, so yeah, Gryffindor.

Don’t you think it’s a little sick the way that most of the culture denies death? It’s there all the time, and most people act like it’s not going to happen to them.

Life doesn’t always go in the direction you think it should, you know. […] The key is to just hang on and enjoy the ride.

You can't control anyone else's actions, only how you respond to them.

He's pretty much the perfect guy... which is why he doesn't need me and my problems in his life, I quickly conclude.

Not killing yourself even when you think you want to. Takes a lot more balls to stay alive, don’t you think?

And that's pretty much why I figure it's better to stick to who and what I know than take a chance trying to branch out friendship-wise in the real world. I refuse to give any more bullies an invitation into my life.

Yeah, that’s totally badass. Not killing yourself even when you think you want to. Takes a lot of balls to stay alive, don’t you think? We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up.

Hay chicas decentes que van por los drogadictos, demasiado malas, chicas de aspecto peligrosos, algunas de los cuales parece que sólo podrían encontrar interesante introducir a un inocente como yo a los misterios de la carne.

Because we can talk and talk and talk and we’ll never figure out why I’m screwed up. It’s just the way my brain works. Or doesn’t work. Sometimes I just start feeling numb, and then after that it gets painful, and I don’t know why.

not let this one aspect of your life—which doesn’t define you, might I add—stop you from chasing your wildest dreams. Try putting a little more faith in yourself and your fellow humans, and our infinite capacity to love and forgive each other in spite of our shortcomings.

Love isn’t a part-time thing, where you get to be around for the easy stuff, the fun stuff, and then completely bail on the hard stuff. Love isn’t cheating and hoping you won’t get caught.

Of course, you can’t protect anybody from everything bad. […] All you can do is hope she’s tough enough to get through the bad stuff.

without forgiveness, we’d all be walking this Earth angry and alone, and I think that would really suck.

As we know all too painfully, life hands you surprises. But you know what I’ve found out? Not all the surprises life has in store are bad ones. Sometimes you think you have things figured out, and then, zap! Things change.

Just because you can’t physically see the presence of love and goodness doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Everything you need is out there in the universe—but it’s up to you to believe in it, to find it, and to let it in.

The key to a good relationship is forgiveness, because without it we’re all completely screwed.

The kids had already mangled the fruit plate, but the sashimi- fresh raw tuna- fanned out in cool pink glory next to makizushi sushi rolls. Marinated mochiko chicken still steamed, crispy fresh from the deep fryer, and Grandma's homemade pickled vegetables- takuwan and tsukemono- lay in small dishes next to it. "Oooh, one of the aunties made shrimp tempura." Trish piled hand-battered, deep-fried shrimp on a paper plate.

Are you afraid you're gonna fall out?'she asked. 'No' I said. 'I'm afraid I'm gonna jump out' She looked at me for a long time. 'Well. Do you want to?' 'Not at all. That's why I'm so scare.

Except it wasn’t really a physical pain. It was just like the act of being alive hurt so freaking much that if anybody touched me I thought I might shatter into a million pieces.

We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up.

can’t control anyone else’s actions, only how you respond to them.

How do you get through it?” He was asking about my latest downturn, but I guessed the question could apply to life, too. And I didn’t know the answer.