We alter and customize the thing every century, every generation, every day - both in the courts and in our own homes.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But at some point you have to make peace with what you were given and if God wanted me to be a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other's personalities. Who wouldn't? Anybody can love the most wonderful… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I decide every day that I love Creativity enough to accept that Fear will always come with it. And I talk to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Problem is, you can’t accept that his relationship had a real short shelf life. You’re like a dog at the dump, baby… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Marriage is an ongoing, centuries-long social experiment that is mostly controlled by the individuals in the relationships who insist on determining what… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Maybe this is just some stupid romantic South American idea, but I need you to understand-darling, for you, I am even willing… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image