"I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me."

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Source : Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail”, p.51, Vintage

Cheryl Strayed

#Strong Quotes #Journey Quotes #Brave Quotes

“Accidental stacks considered harmful.”
“If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.”
“I remember swallowing my tooth up in a high chair, but I definitely don't remember the first time I played bass. It was like, back there!”
“Your guess is as good as mine. Better probably, because you haven't had four beers.”
“For my wife and I, our first child was really easy to have, but our second one was really hard to have. We had to go to a lot of fertility clinics and do that whole thing.”
“There are few secrets in football. So execute.”
“All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.”
“One thing about my mother is that she has her taste: She knows what she likes and what looks good. It's not studied. There is no insecurity in what she is going to wear, and I think that translates into effortlessness. Her career has been a steady rise, and it hasn't been about the fashion of the moment. It's been because she has kept to her style. She didn't go grunge when it was grunge, or 70's when it was 70's. It's about being secure with what you like and not worrying about what's in fashion that particular day. That's what I admire about her.”

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