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

“When you go through a breakup, you may be missing the feeling of being loved and cared for. To fill this empty space, surround yourself with people who genuinely care about you and love you for who you are.”

— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com

“Love isn’t merely a feeling; it’s a verb and it comes across in actions. The biggest action that indicates a man loves you is when he gives you all he can.”

— Sabina Alexis, anewmode.com

“Do not forget me, and do not forget how much and how deeply I know that our love has become the blessing of my life. This knowledge cannot be shaken, not even today, when, as a way out of my restlessness, I have found a home and a sense of belonging with someone about whom you might understand it le…”

— Hannah Arendt, amazon.ca

“First kiss. There’s the kind you’ll have for the first time. A revirginizing experience that both terrifies and excites you. It will be laced with what you’ve always imagined and filled with what you couldn’t have possibly foreseen. It will be the beginning of a one-person voyage in which another hu…”

— Danielle Campoamor, thoughtcatalog.com

“He's in love with you. I've only ever seen him look at one other girl the way he looks at you, and she's a lot shorter and shares his DNA.”

— Tate Ellington, Aidan, amazon.com

“Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person how beautiful it will be when the right one comes along.”

— Unknown, thesilentchild.tumblr.com

“Would you listen if I explained that we are magic and that magic is something that doesn’t require belief to be real, but requires that we make it day in and day out and maybe, just maybe, true magic is the disappearance of two people and the triumphant reemergence with great fanfare and the twirl o…”

— Tyler Knott Gregson, thoughtcatalog.com

“'Cause a suit with a smile, don't fit me Taking a bus for some miles is gonna kill me.”

— Trey Songz, open.spotify.com

“If you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.”

— Aurora, amazon.com

“You are every reason, every hope and every dream I’ve ever had.”

— Unknown, thelovenotebook.tumblr.com

“Do you remember when we first met? I thought I had wandered into a dream.”

— J.R.R Tolkien, amazon.com

“I’m often difficult to love. I go through dark periods like the moon and I hide from myself. But I promise I will kiss your wounds when they’re hurting. Even if they’re in your soul, I can find them with the light in my fingertips. I will lead you to the river so you can remember how beautiful it fe…”

— Emery Allen, amazon.com

“It's a little bit funny this feeling inside”

— Elton John, youtube.com

“Pick someone in your life you admire. Your grandfather, an old college professor, a friend—it doesn’t matter who, as long as you have total respect for them and you admire their life or accomplishments. Then when you’re about to take a leap, visualize this person at your side, rooting for you, telli…”

— Jillian Paulson, jillianmichaels.com

“You had me reeling: Can I shake this feeling?”

— The Chainsmokers, open.spotify.com

“If I had to dream up the perfect woman, she wouldn’t even come close to you.”

— Cory Matthews, amazon.com

“You taste like a dream. I never want to wake up from you.”

— Kiana Azizian, thoughtcatalog.com

“You laughed so charmingly once, I think that’s what first attracted me to you. That and your smile.”

— Samuel Beckett, amazon.com

“So I'm gonna love you Like I'm gonna lose you I'm gonna hold you Like I'm saying goodbye wherever we're standing I won't take you for granted 'cause we'll never know when When we'll run out of time so I'm gonna love you Like I'm gonna lose you”

— Jasmine Thompson, youtube.com

“I am not the first person you loved. You are not the first person I looked at with a mouthful of forevers. We have both known loss like the sharp edges of a knife. We have both lived with lips more scar tissue than skin. Our love came unannounced in the middle of the night. Our love came when we’d g…”

— Clementine Von Radics, clementinevonradics.tumblr.com