Denise Long

“Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be authentic.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes

“The particularity of our problems can be made bearable only through the recognition of our universal humanity. We suffer uniquely, but we survive the same way.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes

“Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it’s one thing and one thing only: it’s doing what you have to do.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes

“If someone is being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird, you don’t have to take it in. You don’t have to turn it into a big psychodrama about your worth. That behavior so often is not even about you. It’s about the person who’s being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird. If this were summed up on a bumper sticker, it would say: Don’t own other people’s crap. The world would be a better place if we all did that.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes