Quotes from book
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar is a book written by the American author Cheryl Strayed. The book was published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House Publishing, on July 10, 2012, and debuted at No. 5 on the "New York Times Best Seller list" in the advice and self-help category. Tiny Beautiful Things is a collection of essays compiled from Strayed's "Dear Sugar" advice column, which she wrote anonymously, on The Rumpus online literary magazine.


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“There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many torturous things in this life. Don't let the man who doesn't love you be one of them.”

Variant: There are so many torturous things in this life. Don't let a man who doesn't love you be one of them.
Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

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“Wanting to leave is enough.”

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

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“Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start here.”

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

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“You get to define the terms of your life.”

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar