But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got. - Cheryl Strayed

But the thing about rising is we have to continue upward; the thing about going beyond is we have to keep going.

I'd finally come to understand what it had been: a yearning for a way out, when actually what I had wanted to find was a way in.

Stop worrying about whether you’re fat. You’re not fat. Or rather, you’re sometimes a little bit fat, but who gives a shit? There is nothing more boring and fruitless than a woman lamenting the fact that her stomach is round. Feed yourself. Literally. The sort of people worthy of your love will love you more for this, sweet pea.