Cheryl Strayed (Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American memoirist, novelist, and essayist. The author of four books, her award-winning writing has been published w...
I’m a free spirit who never had the balls to be free. Cheryl Strayed
I’m a free spirit who never had the balls to be free.
My whole life sort of ended when my mom died. Cheryl Strayed
My whole life sort of ended when my mom died.
Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work. Cheryl Strayed
Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work.
How wild it was, to let it be. Cheryl Strayed
How wild it was, to let it be.
The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back. Cheryl Strayed
The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back.
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
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.
Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore. Cheryl Strayed
Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.
I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her. Cheryl Strayed
I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.
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
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.
I am, as they say, the classic starving artist. Cheryl Strayed
I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.
Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else. Cheryl Strayed
Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.
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
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.
