“Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon? — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Your father only has one foot on this earth. And really, really long legs . . . — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The beauty and variety of the natural world are merely the visible legacies of endless war. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“She’s got this ability to shut me up when I start fretting over metaphysical questions, such as, “What is the nature of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Her solitary nature means she needs a family to keep her from loneliness my gregarious nature means I will never have to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If I were going to have such a short visit on earth, I had to do everything possible to experience it now. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“only those who live in the wilderness can recognize the central truth of existence, which is that death lives right beside us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have four legs, instead of two...But you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The old cobbler had believed in something he called "the signature of all things"-namely, that God had hidden clues for humanity's betterment… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It used to be that god was revealed in the wonders of nature; now God was being challenged by those same wonders.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“My hypersensitive awareness of time's speed led me to push myself to experience life at a maximum pace. If I were going… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Struggle was the explanation behind all the most troubling biological mysteries: species differentiation, species extinction, and species transmutation. Struggle explained everything” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I still can’t say whether I ever want children….I can only say how I feel now--grateful to be on my own. I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and morality. We wrongly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“We are not alien visitors to this planet, after all but natural residents and relatives of every living entity here. This earth… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional trademark of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
According to the mystics, this search for divine bliss is the entire purpose of a human life. this is why we all… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, Aristophanes relates, there were gods in the heavens and humans down on earth. But we humans did not… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In the end, I’ve come to believe in something I call the ‘physics of the quest’, a force in nature governed by… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life;… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I've come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call "The Physics of The Quest" — a force of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life;… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“If faith were rational, it wouldn't be - by definition - faith. Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“His spelling was several degrees beyond arbitrary, and his punctuation brought reason to sigh with unhappiness. But” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
