Pct Maddening Quote by Cheryl Strayed

“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

“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

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

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

My whole life sort of ended when my mom died.

— Cheryl Strayed

“And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard.”

— Cheryl Strayed

“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

“. . . there was the actual doing it, quickly followed by the grim realization of what it meant to do it, followed by…

— Cheryl Strayed

“The sky didn't wonder where it was.”

— Cheryl Strayed

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

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

“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

“It’s wrong that this is required of you. It’s wrong that your son died. It will always be wrong.”

— Cheryl Strayed

“Your ultimatum is simple. It’s fair. And it’s stating your own intentions, not what you hope theirs will be.”

— Cheryl Strayed

“We aren't poor," my mother said, again and again. "Because we're rich in love.”

— Cheryl Strayed