Inglath Cooper > Quotes

“The library had become her solace. Her refuge.Books did not question or judge. They made safe companions.”
― Inglath Cooper, Truths and Roses

“Sometimes, all you can do for a person is be there. Just don’t let them convince you that they don’t need you. They do. And they will.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars. – Author Unknown”
― Inglath Cooper, Dragonfly Summer

“I wonder how it is that we go along year after year never questioning the routines we’ve set for ourselves, never wondering if it could be different. I feel as if I’ve opened a door and discovered a way of life that makes so much more sense to me. A slower pace that allows me to actually see the beauty around me. Hear the song in the sounds and feel appreciation for it all.”
― Inglath Cooper, That Month in Tuscany

“I’ve heard it said that we are the sum total of every choice we’ve ever made.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“Some people believe eagles are messengers and that they appear when there’s something we need to do in our lives.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama”
― Inglath Cooper, Back to Smith Mountain Lake

“Most important quality in the man of your dreams? No, my dears, it isn’t great hair. Or even killer abs. In my book, it’s selflessness. Give me a man who puts others before himself, and that’s a man I’ll keep.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“Giving up doesn’t always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.
– Author Unknown”
― Inglath Cooper, Crossing Tinker's Knob

“We make concessions. To get along with others. To make life go more smoothly. Even when we’d rather not.” “But that’s when life begins to lose some of its shine, don’t you think?”
― Inglath Cooper, That Month in Tuscany

“Blame is just a shame game.”
― Inglath Cooper, Back to Smith Mountain Lake

“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.”
― Inglath Cooper, Crossing Tinker's Knob

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner”
― Inglath Cooper, That Birthday in Barbados

“Like a patchwork quilt, I realize now that it’s the culmination of small beautiful moments that makes the quilt of our lives so beautiful. And even though we haven’t had as much time to create the fabric for the squares of ours, I know without a doubt that I will leave behind an entire quilt of beautiful moments.”
― Inglath Cooper, Commit

“THE THING ABOUT second chances is knowing what to do with them if they’re given to you.”
― Inglath Cooper, That Birthday in Barbados

“If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.” ― Henny Youngman”
― Inglath Cooper, That Birthday in Barbados

“I want to be here for you. Whatever it is you need. Just call me and I’ll come.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” ― Mother Teresa”
― Inglath Cooper, That Birthday in Barbados

“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were. ~ Kahlil Gibran”
― Inglath Cooper, Blue Wide Sky

“If this was how the young made themselves independent from their parents, then she only wished the process over. Watching her daughter pull away from her day by day hurt too much.”
― Inglath Cooper, Good Guys Love Dogs

“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed. – Voltaire”
― Inglath Cooper, Dragonfly Summer

“Giving up doesn’t always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.”
― Inglath Cooper, Crossing Tinker's Knob

“If you are not too long I will wait here for you all my life.” ― Oscar Wilde”
― Inglath Cooper, That Birthday in Barbados

“How could she tell her that sometimes people didn't get what they wanted? That maybe they were wrong to ever want it in the first place.”
― Inglath Cooper, And Then You Loved Me

“A prince rarely arrives on a white horse. You’ll recognize him all the same.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche”
― Inglath Cooper, Back to Smith Mountain Lake

“When the hurt is so big and so seemingly endless, the only thing that will ever get us through is love.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“It is never easy to tell someone what they don’t want to hear.”
― Inglath Cooper, Jane Austen Girl

“presence. “Just let it out, honey. You’ve been carrying this around for too long. It’s okay to let go.”
― Inglath Cooper, Truths and Roses: Plus Bonus Book Nashville - Part One

“Try to live by your own sense of right and wrong. Not in response to someone else’s treatment of you.”
― Inglath Cooper, Fences