“I receive a lot of letters like yours. Most go on in length, describing all sorts of maddening situations and communications in bewildered detail, but in each there is the same question at its core: Can I convince the person about whom I am crazy to be crazy about me? The short answer is no. The long answer is no.”
– Cheryl Strayed
“The obliterated place is equal parts destruction and creation. The obliterated place is pitch black and bright light. It is water and parched earth. It is mud and it is manna. The real work of deep grief is making a home there.”
– Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
“But compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got.”
– Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
“Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
– Banana Yoshimoto
“Unconditional love is the greatest gift we can ever give.”
– Amy Leigh Mercree
“I can’t say when you’ll get love or how you’ll find it or even promise you that you will. I can only say you are worthy of it and that it’s never too much to ask for it and that it’s not crazy to fear you’ll never have it again, even though your fears are probably wrong. Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It’s the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It’s worthy of all the hullabaloo.”
– Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
