Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage
Barbara "Cutie" Cooper
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Everyone who lives long enough to love deeply will experience great losses. Don't let fear of loss, or the losses themselves, take away your ability to enjoy the wonderful life that is yours.”
“If you're bored, you're boring.”
“When your life is nearly over, you will regret it if you look back and recall too many nights when you made excuses instead of making love.”
“I was lucky to live in the 20th century, when gefilte fish could be purchased in a jar.”
“Fill your life with trustworthy friends, and don't drop them should you fall in love. They can be your guides should you lose track of what is important.”
“I would not ask for things to be different, because it is not in my power to know if that would be better or worse than what I have today. I am not prepared to take that gamble.”
“Hold on a minute. Do you really think that somebody this special would have managed to live his or her entire life without making any connections before he or she encountered you? So be careful if somebody seems too good to be true. The best partners are just good enough to be true, and get better with age.”
“When you work hard, the temptation is to come home and just plotz (which is Jewish for “relax,” or maybe “die,” depending on the context)—to throw your dirty clothes on the floor or hide a mess behind closet doors. This is not a new story.”
“Marriage is contagious and so is monogamy.”
“Like Popeye says, “I yam what I yam.” And I know that Harry and I did the best we could, making it all up as we went along.”
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grief, cooking, humor, loss, love, food, jewish, grief-inspirational, advice, boredom, grandmothers, marriage, marriage-advice, grieving
