"Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room."

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Source : Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.248, Atlantic Books Ltd

Cheryl Strayed

#Life Quotes #Letting Go Quotes #Acceptance Quotes

“The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.”
“We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has”
“Youth is not an age thing. It's a quality. Once you've had it, you never lose it.”
“But I deal with this by meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world.”
“I used to think that real love involved falling for someone; but now I think it usually involves standing for someone.”
“Melissa Pritchard is a treasure.”
“Love is the common currency of the poor.”
“I've written thousands of stories, started hundreds of news cycles.”

Source : Speech to the National Press Club on Media and the Internet, delivered 2 June 1998

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