What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.

In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary moments.

Some acts of faith, I believe, have the power to grant us something infinitely wiser than we imagine

I like to keep myself wrapped in layers of sleep and wait for the geraniums.

The absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.

About endings....unless we do them well, we have to keep repeating them.

About the different levels of skill involved. You have to practice before you become a great masturbator.

I think . . . you should have children, John." At least he's no longer talking about bugs."I'm too young, Dad.""It's the most important thing . . . I've done in . . . my life.

Marrying a woman who was reckless must have been the ultimate reckless act, requiring a lifetime of balancing to keep both of them safe

Past and to come seems best things present worst.

Marriage is a mistake every man should make.

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.

Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.

I dont theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that shes thinking.

If it's comedy, you taken an absurd comedic notion and you apply it to reality. If it's horror, if it's a thriller, you do the same thing.

When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem.

It is both theoretically and practically very impossible to have a happy ending in life as long as death exists.

A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.