I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The thing I love about Dickens is the omniscient, omnipotent narrator, and the great confidence of the narrator, which marks 19th-century novelists… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Moss is inconceivably strong. Moss eats stone; scarcely anything, in return, eats moss. Moss dines upon boulders, slowly but devastatingly, in a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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
The nineteenth century was the last moment in history when a relatively educated layperson could follow what was going on in the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A lot of [erotica] was really interestingly disguised in the 19th-century as medical journals. So it would be in the voice of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Up until the middle of the nineteenth century, men of science were all believers. Most of the great early English naturalists were… — 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
I'm an enormous product of my century, I'm a product of my upbringing. I was not aware of the fact that I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
All of women's stories in the 19th century had either one of two endings: you either had the good Jane Austen marriage… — 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
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
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