I'll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don't choose. We'll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautif… - Cheryl Strayed

Try to be in as many relationships as you can.

The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back.

It is not so incomprehensible as you pretend, sweet pea. Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. It can be light as the hug we give a friend or heavy as the sacrifices we make for our children. It can be romantic, platonic, familial, fleeting, everlasting, conditional, unconditional, imbued with sorrow, stoked by sex, sullied by abuse, amplified by kindness, twisted by betrayal, deepened by time, darkened by difficulty, leavened by generosity, nourished by humor and “loaded with promises and commitments” that we may or may not want or keep.

The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it.