Of all the things I’d been skeptical about, I didn’t feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me. — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. You don’t have… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I didn't feel sad or happy. I didn't feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Every time I set foot on that trail, I feel grateful for the PCTA for doing the work it does to protect… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I set my toothbrush down, then leaned into the mirror and stared into my own eyes. I could feel myself disintegrating inside… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward, I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something. That… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
When I woke the next morning in my room at White's Motel, I showered and stood naked in front of the mirror,… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
It seemed to me the way it must feel to people who cut themselves on purpose. Not pretty, but clean. Not good,… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“She understands that attention is the first and final act of love, and that the ultimate dwindling resource in the human arrangement isn’t cheap… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“The most terrible and beautiful and interesting things happen in life. For some of you, those things have already happened. Whatever happens to you… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Of course you want someone special to love you. A majority of the people who write to me inquire about how they can get… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
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… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard.” — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“Don’t listen to those people who suggest you should be “over” your daughter’s death by now. The people who squawk the loudest about such… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“. . . there was the actual doing it, quickly followed by the grim realization of what it meant to do it, followed by… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
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… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
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… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“I never believed the boys were angry. I believed they were hurt and anger was the safest manifestation of their sorrow. It was the… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
