Joan Cook

“It’s life. You don’t figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride.”
― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

“…the love we most cherish will, of necessity, bring us pain. Because that love is like the setting of a body with broken bones. But I want to stage the setting. I want to direct all scenes.”
― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

“Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats—let you know if you’re off course. But it ain’t always possible…”
― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

“I try to believe," she said, "that God doesn't give you more than one little piece of the story at once. You know, the story of your life. Otherwise your heart would crack wider than you could handle. He only cracks it enough so you can still walk, like someone wearing a cast. But you've still got a crack running up your side, big enough for a sapling to grow out of. Only no one sees it. Nobody sees it. Everybody thinks you're one whole piece, and so they treat you maybe not so gentle as they could see that crack.”
― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood