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Cheryl Strayed Quotes

My mother’s death put me in touch with my most savage self. As I’ve grown up and come to terms with her death and accepted it, the pieces of her that I keep don’t exist materially 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

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

Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of her particular gender or race, what she’s actually having to assert is the breadth and depth of her own humanity 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

It’s still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than big, personal or particular rather than socially significant Picture Quote #1

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Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It’s the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It’s worthy of all the hullabaloo 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

Men’s stories are seen as universal, women’s as particular. What women are up against is the battle to not be marginalized Picture Quote #1

In my perception, the world wasn’t a graph or formula or an equation. It was a story Picture Quote #1

The universe, I’d learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back Picture Quote #1

The father’s job is to teach his children how to be warriors, to give them the confidence to get on the horse to ride into battle when it’s necessary to do so. If you don’t get that from your father, you have to teach yourself Picture Quote #1

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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

He was the most ordinary man in all the world, and yet in her memory he’d become luminous, like the prince in a fairy tale Picture Quote #1

Don’t surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn’t true anymore Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness doesn’t sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up a hill Picture Quote #1

$The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that Picture Quote #1$

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it Picture Quote #1

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In your twenties you’re becoming who you’re going to be and so you might as well not be an asshole Picture Quote #1

If there’s one thing I believe more than I believe anything else, it’s that you can’t fake the core. The truth that lives there will eventually win out. It’s a God we must obey, a force that brings us all inevitably to our knees Picture Quote #1

There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many torturous things in this life. Don’t let the man who doesn’t love you be one of them Picture Quote #1

Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will Picture Quote #1

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself Picture Quote #1

You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love Picture Quote #1

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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

I’d finally come to understand what it had been: a yearning for a way out, when actually what I had wanted to find was a way in Picture Quote #1

He hadn’t loved me well in the end, but he’d loved me well when it mattered Picture Quote #1

…the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe the most deeply in my safety: nothing bad could happen to me, I thought. The worst thing already had Picture Quote #1

It seemed to me the way it must feel to people who cut themselves on purpose. Not pretty, but clean. Not good, but void of regret. I was trying to heal. Trying to get the bad out of my system so I could be good again. To cure me of myself Picture Quote #1

I had problems a therapist couldn’t solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate Picture Quote #1

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My mother’s death put me in touch with my most savage self. As I’ve grown up and come to terms with her death and accepted it, the pieces of her that I keep don’t exist materially (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) 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) Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of her particular gender or race, what she’s actually having to assert is the breadth and depth of her own humanity (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) It’s still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than big, personal or particular rather than socially significant (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It’s the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It’s worthy of all the hullabaloo (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) Men’s stories are seen as universal, women’s as particular. What women are up against is the battle to not be marginalized (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) In my perception, the world wasn’t a graph or formula or an equation. It was a story (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) The universe, I’d learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) The father’s job is to teach his children how to be warriors, to give them the confidence to get on the horse to ride into battle when it’s necessary to do so. If you don’t get that from your father, you have to teach yourself (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) 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) He was the most ordinary man in all the world, and yet in her memory he’d become luminous, like the prince in a fairy tale (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Don’t surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn’t true anymore (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Forgiveness doesn’t sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up a hill (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) In your twenties you’re becoming who you’re going to be and so you might as well not be an asshole (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) If there’s one thing I believe more than I believe anything else, it’s that you can’t fake the core. The truth that lives there will eventually win out. It’s a God we must obey, a force that brings us all inevitably to our knees (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many torturous things in this life. Don’t let the man who doesn’t love you be one of them (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love (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) I’d finally come to understand what it had been: a yearning for a way out, when actually what I had wanted to find was a way in (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) He hadn’t loved me well in the end, but he’d loved me well when it mattered (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) …the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe the most deeply in my safety: nothing bad could happen to me, I thought. The worst thing already had (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) It seemed to me the way it must feel to people who cut themselves on purpose. Not pretty, but clean. Not good, but void of regret. I was trying to heal. Trying to get the bad out of my system so I could be good again. To cure me of myself (Cheryl Strayed Quotes) I had problems a therapist couldn’t solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate (Cheryl Strayed Quotes)

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