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

“The greatest wonderful feeling is falling in love.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita, amazon.com

“And love is when someone who even knows your scars, stays to kiss them.”

— Benjamin Griss, wordsnquotes.com

“I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given–when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.”

— Joan Winmill Brown, allthingschristmas.com

“Dear Mother, Well Ma how are you and the family. Am wishing all of you at home a Merry Christmas also give Ralphie and Delores and Mafalda a real nice big Christmas kiss for me. Am in hope of seeing you real soon and will give you your’s. Don’t worry try and be merry and may God Bless all of you. Lo…”

— Al Capone, documentcloud.org

“When your legs don't work like they used to before And I can't sweep you off of your feet Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love? Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks? And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70 And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23 And I'm thin…”

— Ed Sheeran, youtube.com

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

— Bertrand Russell, amazon.com

“I’m saying I’m in love with you! I’ve been in love with you this whole bleeding year!”

— Stephanie Perkins, amazon.com

“Kiss me until I forget how terrified I am of everything wrong with my life.”

— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com

“It goes to show You never know When everything’s about to change Just another day Started out like any other Just another girl who took my breath away Then she turned around She took me down Just another day that I .... Had the best day of my life”

— Jesse McCartney, amazon.com

“Being in love with you makes me get out of bed every morning with a smile on my lips.”

— Maria Montgomery, medhealthdaily.com

“I believe in true love. If there is a person that you feel connected with and believe in your heart it’s meant to be, who am I, or anyone else to tell you differently. If you fear not contacting him will make him forget you, you need not worry. Absence truly does make the heart grow fonder.”

— Leslie Braswell, amazon.com

“Baby, we're already IN our life. It's already started. This is it. You have to stop waitin'”

— Gerald Butler, Gerry, Gerard Butler, imdb.com

“She may not be the most popular, but if you love her and she makes you smile...what else matters.”

— Bob Marley, everydaypowerblog.com

“A mother is a person who when seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”

— Tenneva Jordan, thoughtcatalog.com

“In terms of the Super Bowl, I know what to expect. With parenting, this has been a brand-new experience. It's life-changing. Every day you learn something new. I was very nervous, but ultimately I'm very happy and I'm overwhelmed by all the love I have for my little girl.”

— Eil Manning, parents.com

“I think life is about falling in love with the right person, shopping, eating our favorite desserts and traveling a lot.”

— Olivia Palermo, azquotes.com

“There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile. No sound sweeter than your laughter. No pleasure greater than holding you in my arms. I realized today that I could never live without you, stubborn little hellion that you are. In this life and the next, you’re my only hope of happines…”

— Lisa Kleypas, amazon.com

“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

“You’re my best friend and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

— Brianne McDonald, thoughtcatalog.com

“You mean more to me than anyone in this whole world.”

— Peter Pan, amazon.com

“When you look at me and smile it's like for a split second everything stops and your smile pierces through all of the bad in life and all is well again.”

— 11anothergirl11, 11anothergirl11.tumblr.com

“Thinking about you only takes a second each morning, but the smile it brings to my face lasts for the entire day.”

— David Gorkonel, awesoroo.com

“I love you with a kind of love that is anxious. Anxious to see your smile and to hear your laugh, anxious to hold your hand.”

— Sarah Lois, thoughtcatalog.com

“That's where the trouble began. That smile. That damned smile.”

— Brian Yorkey, Hannah Baker, Katherine Langford, imdb.com

“Good morning… to the beat of my heart and the life of my soul.”

— Katherine Besset, girlterest.com

“How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.”

— Shel Silverstein, amazon.com

“It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.”

— Hunter S. Thompson, amazon.com

“I think you know how much my life changed since I first met you in the copy room. You are the most beautiful person I've ever known and my affection for you is boundless. It's going to be hard to come back to work without having your beautiful smile or wonderful laugh to look forward to. I will miss…”

— Unknown, amazon.com

“Every day I say I cannot love him more, and every day I find more love in me for him.”

— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com