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

“We hug, but there are no tears. For every awful thing that's been said and done, she is my sister. Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life. She is the only person left in the world who shares my memories of our childhood, our parents, our Shanghai, our struggles, our s…”

— Lisa See, amazon.com

“You were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, over a gesture.”

— Junot Dìaz, amazon.com

“A kiss on the forehead–erases misery. I kiss your forehead”

— Marina Tsvetaeva, amazon.com

“I met my husband on Twitter. Why am I telling you this? 1. It's an epic story. 2. Because it shows that true love will find you when you're ready to receive it. When I was in a place of self-love, that's when the Universe brought us together- and via Twitter of all things. So yes, love WILL find you…”

— The Way We Met, instagram.com

“There is a string that connects us that is not visible to the eye. Maybe every person has more than one soul they are connected to, and all over the world there are those invisible strings… Maybe the chances that you’ll find each and every one of your soul mates is slim. But sometimes you’re lucky e…”

— Tarryn Fisher, amazon.com

“I did not love you out of boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness.”

— Alessandro Baricco, amazon.com

“So love goes from feeling like I’m doing cocaine to feeling how I feel about my uncle? I don’t want to make companionate love sound like a bummer. It is love, just less intense and more stable. There is still passion, but it’s balanced with trust, stability, and an understanding of each other’s flaw…”

— Aziz Ansari, amazon.com

“Wasn't he somebody already? The dog thought so. The dog looked at Scott like he was the best man who ever lived.”

— Noah Hawley, amazon.com

“If you’ve held someone you love and watched three to ten hours of a critically acclaimed drama, you’ve experienced the peak of human happiness.”

— Aziz Ansari, amazon.com

“I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn’t that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they’ll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. A…”

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com

“I want to make you smile.”

— Six Word Story, facebook.com

“Fall in love with someone who’s comfortable with your silence. Find someone who doesn’t need your words to know it’s time to kiss you.”

— Clairabelle Ann, goodreads.com

“My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer ben…”

— Noah Callohaun, amazon.com

“I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they'll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. A…”

— Neil Gaimon, amazon.com

“Come and kiss me and let’s forget.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com

“One smile in the morning can change your mood for the entire day. One hug in the evening can usher you into cheerful night dreams you will never regret!”

— Israelmore Ayivor, amazon.com

“I watched him with wonder like the stars watch the moon, falling in love with every crescent, dark side, and dream.”

— Piper Payne, amazon.com

“An old soul will love you openly and proudly, embracing the vulnerability that’s necessary for deep love with grace and passion. You will never experience another love like them.”

— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com

“For all those times you stood by me For all the truth that you made me see For all the joy you brought to my life For all the wrong that you made right For every dream you made come true For all the love I found in you I'll be forever thankful baby You're the one who held me up Never let me fall You…”

— Celine Dion, youtube.com

“Your neck. I want to kiss it.”

— Edmond Rostand, amazon.com

“Pretty girl, pretty girl, pretty girl, you should be smiling. A girl like you should never look so blue.”

— Bruno Mars, open.spotify.com

“So baby pull me closer.”

— The Chainsmokers, open.spotify.com

“And I know I could be more creative And come up with poetic lines But I'm turnt up upstairs and I love you Is the only thing that's in my mind.”

— Rihanna, open.spotify.com

“Well I love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don't reply. Because I can dish it out, but I can't take it.”

— Brand New, open.spotify.com

“Contrary to what they say about having butterflies in your stomach, love is calm and safe. It’s about finding your person in life who gives you a specific kind of comfort and safety that nobody else could.”

— Dorothy Field, thoughtcatalog.com

“Being faithful means deciding that your love for this one person outweighs your desire to be with any other person on the planet.”

— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com

“I'm still in love with him; I am. I've been in love with him since I was 23 years old. He's everything to me. He's my life. I feel complete when I'm with him, and I feel empty when we're apart. He's the father of my children and he's my soul mate.”

— Carol, amazon.com

“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”

— Charles Lamb, amazon.com

“When you smile, I melt inside.”

— Blink 182, open.spotify.com

“Being a dog owner is a great way to meet people. It's funny how these unconditionally loving, voiceless animals have the ability to bring people together. We like to say Anne's dog Luna was our matchmaker. We would have never met if it wasn't for her. But we also would have never met if Anne wasn't…”

— The Way We Met, instagram.com