40 Empowering Cheryl Strayed Quotes That Will Help You Channel Your Inner Badass

“It's not exactly love at first sight. It is more like soul recognition.”

— Lynette Simeone, twitter.com

“Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart.”

— Winnie the Pooh

“True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend”

— Faye Hall, amazon.com

“I believe in true love. I believe in love at first sight. I believe love conquers all. And that doesn't mean there's not gonna be hard days or difficult things to deal with, because there will be. But finding that person who does it for you and knowing that person loves you back it just makes everyt…”

— Haley James Scott, amazon.com

“Sometimes the hero of the fairy tale isn't a handsome prince. Sometimes it's you.”

— Zoella, amazon.com

“Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life... You give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore.”

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com

“Love is the only thing that every soul brings to earth with it.”

— Muhammad Ali, amazon.com

“True love is taking the risk that it won't be a happily-ever-after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, 'I'm not afraid to believe in you.'”

— Cara Lockwood, amazon.com

“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”

— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.com

“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”

— Orhan Pamuk, amazon.com

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”

— E.B. White, amazon.com

“I think you’re a fairy tale. I think you’re magical, and brave, and exquisite. And I hope you’ll let me be in your story.”

— Laini Taylor, amazon.com

“I’m the kind of girl that loves tremendously big. I just have always been that girl. I will give my heart and my soul to the person that I love.”

— Selena Gomez, elitedaily.com

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”

— Josh Billings, books.google.com

“When they’ve finished reading, Olivia’s mother gives her a kiss and says, ‘You know, you really wear me out. But I love you anyway.’ And Olivia gives her a kiss back and says, ‘I love you anyway too.'”

— Ian Falconer, amazon.com

“Austin: Do you believe in love at first sight? Sam: I'll let you know.”

— Sam, Austin Aims, imdb.com

“Well, it's love at first sight. Actually, it was... No, it was when I heard her voice. It was love at first see with my ears.”

— Jennifer Celotta, Paul Lieberstein, Michael Scott, Steve Carell, imdb.com

“Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

— Robert Heinlein, amazon.com

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

— Robert A. Heinlein, amazon.com

“Meeting you was fate. Becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you is definitely beyond my control, I love you, baby.”

— Unknown, wishesgreeting.com

“Love a soft person. A human being who always has a kind smile for everyone, even when they do not get a smile back in return.”

— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com

“The forehead kiss. A kiss on the forehead is a gentle expression of admiration. Usually it is a kiss of friendship or a starter kiss for something for romantic later.”

— Ahmed Raza, wisetoast.com

“Hygge: Feeling peace and happiness.”

— Danish Saying, amazon.com

“I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I love him wholly and unconditionally and without reservation. I love him enough to sacrifice a friendship. I love him enough to accept my own happiness and use it, in turn, to make him happy back.”

— Emily Giffin, amazon.com

“True love is not practical. True love doesn’t always follow the rules. When you are truly in love, you can lose your mind over it.”

— Kate McGahan, amazon.com

“I don’t believe in love at first sight but I do believe in seeing someone from across the room and knowing instantly that they’re going to matter to you. They’re going to play a major role in your life.”

— Ryan O’Connell, thoughtcatalog.com

“The friendship I have had in my heart for you has ripened into a deeper feeling, a feeling more beautiful, more pure, more sacred. Dare I name it you? Ah! It is love which makes me so bold!”

— Margaret Mitchell, amazon.com

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

— Mother Teresa, catholic.org