“The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are the things we say back to ourselves to explain our complicated lives.”— Cheryl Strayed, therumpus.net
“Isn’t it a shame, that we are so quick to forgive the humanness in someone else's soul, but we often forget to forgive ourselves? Isn’t it a shame, that we fight for others, we believe in them with such intensity, and such hope, but we often forget to fight for ourselves?”— Bianca Sparacino, instagram.com
“You have to say 'I am forgiven' again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Chronic remorse is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”— Aldous Huxley, amazon.com