Cookson Quotes

Her love for him was almost like a pain in itself. ~ Catherine Cookson

Hannah sat down again and leant back against the tall head of the hall chair. He was right. Yes, he was right. She must have been mad to go on like she had. Good Lord! She hadn't given him the message from Mrs Beggs. Again she was on her feet, but her voice still sounded angry as she called down the hall, 'I forgot to give you a message, from Mrs Beggs. She wanted to know if you were going there tomorrow or Saturday.' There was a moment's silence before his door opened and he came back into the hall and went to the telephone. She remained standing where she was until she heard him say, 'Hello, Beggie. ~ Catherine Cookson

It's no good saying one thing and doing another. ~ Catherine Cookson

From the hills in the early dawn,
Small, thin, mist-wreathed, she came upon him;
Hair sodden to the brow,
Eyes like agates,
Lips apart, tongue flicking at words frozen in her head.
Gliding to his feet,
She caught his hand and said
'come help me, mister, or she'll be dead. ~ Catherine Cookson

Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara Cartland taught me to write character-driven stories. ~ Virginia Henley

Running a business without marketing will kill it ~ Paul Cookson

I think, for me, the main thing is feeling comfortable. ~ Sophie Cookson

To get over the guilt of drinking, take your brandy in milk. This way, it becomes medicinal. ~ Catherine Cookson

arms wide and said, 'That's a question ~ Catherine Cookson

advertising produces familiarity which produces sales ~ Paul Cookson

There is something very nice about coming to New York and how everyone smiles - even if they don't mean it. When I go back home to London and say hello to people, they look at me like I'm crazy. ~ Sophie Cookson

Websites should look good from the inside and out ~ Paul Cookson

for the days of age are not only much shorter than those in youth, but they rush away from you at a frightening rate. Take a day: a day in youth is an experience, and the last hour is as far away as a child's Christmas; a day in age is but a dim memory in a week that is already gone. At ~ Catherine Cookson

The other night I lost consciousness. When I finally came to, it was morning. I spent the next 8 and a half hours doing things I didn't really feel like doing, but was compelled to do anyway. (Evidentially I receive something known as "financial Compensation" for this.) Eventually I was allowed to return home, where I recovered from the ordeal. I'm just afraid of what happens tonight, if I lose consciousness again. I have this fear that somehow this will start the process all over again. ~ David G. Cookson

Who wanted to live to a hundred and one? Who wanted to go on living at all at times? ~ Catherine Cookson

Fancy feathers make peacocks, but you pluck them and see what's left. ~ Catherine Cookson

My approach to jewelry has always been to keep it very simple, but if you want to wear something, make sure it is exquisite and lovely and will stand out. ~ Sophie Cookson

And, like the prodigal son, he had returned broken in body and also in mind to the house where he had been born, and he and his child had been welcomed with open arms. ~ Catherine Cookson

But what he had learned over these past weeks was that people were entwined one with the other, and that you couldn't isolate yourself from them and say, 'I am going to be happy', because their emotions penetrated you and cast a shadow over your happiness, they tinged your love with sadness and fear until you were being forced to believe that sadness and fear were part of love. ~ Catherine Cookson

The Girl was gone, buried in the past. She never wanted to hear that name again. She was a woman for better for worse. Whatever the future might bring she could face it as a woman, Ned Ridley's woman. ~ Catherine Cookson

My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn't really as colourful that. ~ Peter Capaldi

You make your son out to be to be almost an idiot; well let me tell you something, Mrs Loan, if he were a complete idiot, drooling at the mouth, he'd still be a better person then you. ~ Catherine Cookson

Great web design without functionality is like a sports car with no engine. ~ Paul Cookson

Come on. There's such a thing as overstayin' your welcome. ~ Catherine Cookson

Constancy in a man is rare. ~ Catherine Cookson

You're born but you're not buried yet. ~ Catherine Cookson

Eat, sleep & Breathe your business to ensure it's success ~ Paul Cookson

I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job. ~ Paul O'Grady

Come and sit down girl, for days you've been flying around there like a bluebottle. ~ Catherine Cookson

I dream about my teeth, losing a tooth, which I think means that you want control back. ~ Sophie Cookson

Oh God, I'm sorry I bring trouble on people. I don't mean to, you know that, you know that. And don't punish me by taking Ned. Keep him safe that's all I ask. That's all I'll ever ask again, just keep him safe. ~ Catherine Cookson

I love the English people - if you don't want to speak, you don't speak. And I'm quite like that sometimes. ~ Sophie Cookson

You have never kissed me. Patted me, hugged me, but you've never kissed me."
"Oh, Rosie, Rosie." His face looked on the point of laughter, then his lips fell gently on hers and he held the kiss for some time. Now, pressing her face from him, he said "That's merely an introduction. When your cheek is better I'll do it properly. ~ Catherine Cookson

Whenever I've worn trousers or a suit, it always makes me feel sexy but effortless and confident. ~ Sophie Cookson