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'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
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.
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.
Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start here. Cheryl Strayed
Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start here.
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
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.
I've learned so much as both a writer and a human. Cheryl Strayed
I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.
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.
You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself. Cheryl Strayed
You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.
My whole life sort of ended when my mom died. Cheryl Strayed
My whole life sort of ended when my mom died.
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
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.
Until we as a gender refuse to wear any shoe that would be uncomfortable to walk a mile in, we’re perfectly screwed. Cheryl Strayed
Until we as a gender refuse to wear any shoe that would be uncomfortable to walk a mile in, we’re perfectly screwed.
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.
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
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.