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

Maybe I was more alone than anyone in the whole wide world. Maybe that was okay.

You don't have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt.

You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you're holding.

I was entering. I was leaving. California streamed behind me like a long silk veil. I didn’t feel like a big fat idiot anymore. And I didn’t feel like a hard-ass motherfucking Amazonian queen. I felt fierce and humble and gathered up inside, like I was safe in this world too.