…the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe … - Cheryl Strayed

" "
…the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe the most deeply in my safety: nothing bad could happen to me, I thought. The worst thing already had.

Cheryl Strayed

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed (née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. Her 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is an international bestseller, adapted into the 2014 Academy Award-nominated movie Wild.

Biography information from Wikiquote

All quotes from Cheryl Strayed Similar Quotes by other Originators

Shorter versions of this quote

nothing bad could happen to me, I thought. The worst thing already had.

Originators like Cheryl Strayed:

Maya Angelou Jewel Glennon Doyle Anne Lamott Amy Tan

Additional quotes by Cheryl Strayed

I was working too hard to be afraid.

Believe in the integrity and value of the jagged path. We don’t always do the right thing on our way to rightness.

I'd never had a mind for math. ... It was a logic that made little sense to me. In my perception, the world wasn't a graph or a formula or an equation. It was a story.

…the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe the most deeply in my safety: nothing bad could happen to me, I thought. The worst thing a… - Cheryl Strayed

About Cheryl Strayed

Go Premium

Shorter versions of this quote

Additional quotes by Cheryl Strayed