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"A perfect beach read. Claire Cook once again demonstrates that she's a master in creating funny, warm, relatable characters you root for from the very first page." --Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of The One That I Want and Time of My Life "With wit and... read more

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  • “Its never to late to be what you might have been.”
    George Eliot
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  • In surfing, and maybe even in life, the trick is to use the calm between the waves to position yourself for the next one.
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  • “I think eventually it comes down to choosing the life you want, and the person you want to share it with. I don’t think it’s a choice you can take lightly.”
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  • STRENGTH. Life is tough. Decide to be tougher. If Plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters (204 if you’re in Japan!).
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  • The funny thing about life is that even the most unbearable things start to feel normal after a while. Hearts heal. Memories fade.
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  • CLAIRE COOK’S SEVEN SIMPLE STEPS SELF. You can’t have self-awareness, self-confidence, or any of those other good self words until you decide to like yourSELF, and who you really are.
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  • There is a Hopi word Oookywah that roughly translated means, “I feel what you are feeling.” The Hopis believe you can heal your suffering with the compassion in your heart.
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  • Lives were so complicated, how could you ever explain yours to another person? Where would you start? What parts would you leave in and out? And even if you managed to find the energy to dredge it all up and lay it out between you, what was the guarantee that the person you were telling wouldn’t turn out to be worse than the person you were talking about?
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  • “May you have warm words on a cold evening,” he said, “a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door.”
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  • The Wildwater Walking Club Summer Blowout Life’s a Beach
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I sailed into the community center just in time to take my Lunch Around the World class to China.

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  1. Claire Cook (Author)

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