Quote by Cherly Strayed

“I didn’t feel like a big fat idiot anymore. And I didn’t feel like a hard-ass motherfucking Amazonian queen. I felt fierce and humble…

— Cheryl Strayed

“I was feeling unfulfilled and, frankly, rather crappy about everything. I wasn't going anywhere and neither was the rest of the world. We were…

— Charles Bukowski

“It seemed like a long time and also it seemed like my trip had just begun, like I was only now digging into whatever…

— Cheryl Strayed

“I looked at these refugees--and the for the first time, let myself really see them. Their faces felt familiar to me, somehow. The pain…

— Nicole Perlman

“I didn't mean to come here... And I didn't mean to stay... It's just where the sea wind blew me One accidental day...”

— Cressida Cowell - How to twist a dragons tale

“It was a really winding road that took me to all kinds of places. And it was difficult, and discouraging, and demoralizing, and scary,…

— Angela Duckworth

“That place is turning into the Hotel California. You know, you can check in, but you can never leave.”

— Tracy Brogan

“Or maybe, in my gut, I felt like I was missing out on something. I knew there was more to life than a pixelated…

— Katie Kacvinsky

“I had chosen to leave, and live alone in a foreign country. And in fleeing thousands of miles across the Pacific, I chose myself,…

— Alison Singh Gee

“I remember I wanted to get away; I wanted to run. I couldn't stand any more. But I didn't want to run. I wanted…

— Roddy Doyle

“Everything in her wanted to run -fly back to California, back to her quiet existence working among strangers. Hiding out in the folds of…

— Alice Sebold

“For the next thirteen-plus hours, I stared out the window at the passing towns and countryside. All those lives. All those untold stories and…

— Kate Klise