Belonging Quote by Cheryl Strayed

Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life,…

— Isaac Watts

Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to…

— Richelle Mead

My mind swirled with memories of the life I had led. The constant struggle to keep up appearances, the pretenses, the smiles that had…

— Anchee Min

That I survived the Holocaust and went on to love beautiful girls, to talk, to write, to have toast and tea and live my…

— Elie Wiesel

It was crazy: marriage. You gave your whole life, your whole happiness, over to one other human being, even the best of them inept…

— Anne Taylor Fleming

An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should…

— Bayard Taylor

It was, at last, real life, with my heart safe and condemned to die of happy love in the joyful agony of any day…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and…

— John Britton

My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life to penetrate…

— Paulo Coelho

My existence shrank from an arrow of light pointing into the future forever to a speck of light that was the present moment. I…

— Sarah Manguso

In that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself--like…

— Albert Camus

I was surrounded by life and beauty. My soul was content, and my life felt full.

— Jennifer Pharr Davis