“I walked and I walked, my mind shifting into a primal gear that was void of anything but forward motion, and I… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“I never had a mind for math. I simply couldn't hold the formulas and numbers in my head. It was logic that… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“I’m not afraid, I said, calling up my old mantra to calm my mind. But it didn’t feel the same as it… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“They opened my mind to realities I didn’t know existed. They forced me to be resilient, to sacrifice, to see how little… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“It hadn't occurred to me that my mother would die. Until she was dying, the thought had never entered my mind. She… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
What’s important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“How can a book describe the psychological factors a person must prepare for . . . the despair, the alienation, the anxiety… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“I will never go home, I thought with a finality that made me catch my breath, and then I walked on, my… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Music. I could not go without that. My mind would not let me be without music. I hiked the trail in 1995… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“Regardless of what happens with the men, you’ll have a baby. An amazing little being who will blow your mind and expand… — 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
