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

“I wanted to crawl into her chest and kiss everything that she'd thought I'd hate.”

— Unknown, thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com

“Your soul is my souls home.”

— Emery Allen, emeryallen.tumblr.com

“Kiss me, won't you kiss me now? And sleep I would inside your mouth. Don't be us too shy for knowing it's no big surprise that I will wait for you. I will wait for no one but you.”

— Dave Matthews Band, youtube.com

“And now I'm feeling like forever just showed up at my door. I've got a little piece of heaven It's all mine to hold onto. What I'm trying to say, in my own simple way is I want you to be my last first kiss.”

— Ron Pope, youtube.com

“Do I attract you, do I repulse you, with my queasy smile”

— Mika, youtube.com

“You’d be surprised what a smile can get you these days.”

— Jennifer Winter, thegrindstone.com

“When you smile, I melt inside. I'm not worthy for a minute of your time.”

— Blink 182, youtube.com

“The Pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”

— Charles Dickens, amazon.com

“'Tell me some true things about fighting.' 'Tell me you love me.' 'I love you,' the girl said. 'You can publish it in the Gazzettino if you like. I love your hard, flat body and your strange eyes that frighten me when they become wicked. I love your hand and all your other wounded places.'”

— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com

“It's like my heart can't be tamed, I fall in love every day and I feel like a fool.”

— Death Cab for Cutie, play.spotify.com

“We are five year olds in the playground again, you are chiming, 'Who do you love who do you love who do you love?' My cheeks are stained so red they feel like berries on a summer day. I cannot look at you. I stare at the hole in my socks and fiddle with my hands, I wonder how the sky looks like in o…”

— Azra T., 5000letters.tumblr.com

“I held her close to me with my eyes closed, wondering if anything in my life had ever been this perfect and knowing at the same time that it hadn't. I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.’”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“He’s bookmarked a GIFs site so he can randomly send you messages that make you smile.”

— Jillian Kramer, huffingtonpost.com

“And in her smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars.”

— Beth Revis, amazon.com

“I want to fill a museum with every smile you've ever made.”

— Jonny Sun, twitter.com

“I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there’s a life after that, I’ll love you then.”

— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com

“You intoxicate my soul with your eyes.”

— Billie Holiday, open.spotify.com

“You’re something between a dream and a miracle.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, amazon.com

“I want to kiss you and feel like I am growing.”

— Trista Mateer, tristamateer.com

“Can I borrow a kiss? I promise I'll give it back.”

— Pickup Lines!, twitter.com

“Hold me till the pain goes away Kiss me till I feel again.”

— Katelyn Gomez, amazon.com

“In one kiss, you will know all, which I have silenced.”

— Pablo Neruda, goodreads.com

“If anyone else were to kiss me, all they would taste is your name.”

— Clementine Von Radics, goodreads.com

“Did you smile when you saw my name pop up on your phone just now?”

— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com

“Cory: In my head this is so easy. I've said it all summer long...I can't say it now, here, with all these empty chairs around. Topanga: We've known each other our entire lives. We've always been able to talk. Cory: That's whats making this so hard now...Look Topanga if I had to dream up the perfect…”

— Ben Savage, Cory Matthews, youtube.com

“Topanga: I wasn't sure this day would ever come, but you were. I wasn't sure love could survive everything we put it through, but you were. You were always strong and always sure. And now I know I want you to stand beside me for the rest of my life. That's what I'm sure of. Cory: Ever since I was yo…”

— Topanga Lawrence, Cory Monteith, amazon.com

“And I caught up to him [John F. Kennedy] in the capitol and, oh, I was just so proud of him. And there's a picture where I have my hand on his chin and, you know, he's just looking at me and there really were tears in his eyes. And suddenly a flash came, cos I didn't think there was anyone there, an…”

— Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, imdb.com

“Don’t date the most beautiful girl in the world, Date the girl that make your world the most beautiful.”

— Wiz Khalifa, goodreads.com

“I was in college, sitting in my Government class while planning my wedding scheduled for 10/10/10. I was complaining to the girl sitting next to me that I couldn't find a pianist to play at the ceremony. She suggested someone she knew and gave me his contact information. I looked him up on Facebook,…”

— The Way We Met, instagram.com

“I died on that curve. (I said pointing to her smile).”

— Julio Cortazar, facebook.com