Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes

by Cheryl Strayed

Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It’s up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.

I considered my options. There was only one, I knew. There was always only one. To keep walking.

There isn’t a single dumbass thing I’ve done in my adult life that I didn’t know was a dumbass thing to do while I was doing it.

Can I convince the person about whom I’m crazy to be crazy about me? The short answer is no. The long answer is no. There are so many things to be tortured about. So many torturous things in this life. Don’t let someone who doesn’t love you be one of them.

Accept that their actions hurt you deeply. Accept that this experience taught you something you didn’t want to know.

Let fall your notions about “perfect couples.”