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Cheryl Strayed Quotes

But compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got Picture Quote #1

You don’t have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. Anyone who expects you to has no sense of the arts Picture Quote #1

Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that’s the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual as I could Picture Quote #1

There isn’t a thing to eat down there in the rabbit hole of your bitterness except your own desperate heart Picture Quote #1

Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else Picture Quote #1

My mom said there’s a sunrise and a sunset every day and you can choose to be there or not. You can put yourself in the way of beauty Picture Quote #1

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The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich. I carried it the entire hike. On my first night, when I felt like I was in too deep, I read the first poem out loud to myself over and over Picture Quote #1

Can I convince the person about whom I’m crazy to be crazy about me? The short answer is no. The long answer is no Picture Quote #1

The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. it’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light Picture Quote #1

You have to keep walking, no matter what. If you don’t, it’s a living death. You’re just standing in one place dying Picture Quote #1

He kissed me hard and I kissed him back harder, like it was the end of an era that had lasted all of my life Picture Quote #1

What if I forgave myself even though I’d done something I shouldn’t have~? Picture Quote #1

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Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power. And it wasn’t long before I actually wasn’t afraid Picture Quote #1

I didn’t feel sad or happy. I didn’t feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things I’d done wrong, in getting myself here, I’d done right Picture Quote #1

You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that’s all Picture Quote #1

Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room Picture Quote #1

The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you’re talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated Picture Quote #1

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist Picture Quote #1

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I’ve learned so much as both a writer and a human Picture Quote #1

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was? Picture Quote #1

If someone is being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird, you don’t have to take it in. You don’t have to turn it into a big psychodrama about your worth. That behavior so often is not even about you. Don’t own other people’s crap Picture Quote #1

You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else Picture Quote #1

I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn’t carry us. There’s nothing to do but salute it from the shore Picture Quote #1

Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It’s just there, and you have to survive it. You have to endure it. You have to live through it and love it and move on and be better for it and run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal Picture Quote #1

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Their leaving made me melancholy, though I also felt something like relief when they disappeared into the dark trees. I hadn’t needed to get anything from my pack; I’d only wanted to be alone. Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren’t a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was Picture Quote #1

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her Picture Quote #1

I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it’s how I earned a living Picture Quote #1

My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home Picture Quote #1

One thing any backpacker will tell you is that it’s tedious and monotonous. You’re bored sometimes, so you really have to make the fun in your head Picture Quote #1

Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it’s very hard work Picture Quote #1

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But compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) You don’t have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. Anyone who expects you to has no sense of the arts. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that’s the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual as I could. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) There isn’t a thing to eat down there in the rabbit hole of your bitterness except your own desperate heart. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) My mom said there’s a sunrise and a sunset every day and you can choose to be there or not. You can put yourself in the way of beauty. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich. I carried it the entire hike. On my first night, when I felt like I was in too deep, I read the first poem out loud to myself over and over. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Can I convince the person about whom I’m crazy to be crazy about me? The short answer is no. The long answer is no. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. it’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) You have to keep walking, no matter what. If you don’t, it’s a living death. You’re just standing in one place dying. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) He kissed me hard and I kissed him back harder, like it was the end of an era that had lasted all of my life. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) What if I forgave myself even though I’d done something I shouldn’t have~? (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power. And it wasn’t long before I actually wasn’t afraid. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) I didn’t feel sad or happy. I didn’t feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things I’d done wrong, in getting myself here, I’d done right. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that’s all. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you’re talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated. (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) I am, as they say, the classic starving artist (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) I’ve learned so much as both a writer and a human (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was? (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) If someone is being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird, you don’t have to take it in. You don’t have to turn it into a big psychodrama about your worth. That behavior so often is not even about you. Don’t own other people’s crap (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn’t carry us. There’s nothing to do but salute it from the shore (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It’s just there, and you have to survive it. You have to endure it. You have to live through it and love it and move on and be better for it and run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Their leaving made me melancholy, though I also felt something like relief when they disappeared into the dark trees. I hadn’t needed to get anything from my pack; I’d only wanted to be alone. Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren’t a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it’s how I earned a living (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) One thing any backpacker will tell you is that it’s tedious and monotonous. You’re bored sometimes, so you really have to make the fun in your head (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it’s very hard work (Cheryl Strayed Quotes)

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