“A parent is inexcusable who does not personally teach her child to think.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Wayan laughed and kissed her daughter, all the sadness about the divorce suddenly gone from her face.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Raising a child is the very definition of ambivalence. I am overwhelmed at times by how something can simultaneously be so awful… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If Todd [Willingham] was guilty of anything, it was just his self-preservation. He got up and ran out of the house and… — 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
My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I feel like there are women who are genuinely born to be mothers, and women who are born to be aunties, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Well, child, you may do whatever you like with your suffering,” Hanneke said mildly. “It belongs to you. But I shall tell… — 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
Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I remember saying once to my friend Susan, when my marriage was becoming intolerable, "I don't want my children growing up in… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
This is a nice metaphor, too, about mothers and daughters - that when it came time for me to make my own,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There was really only one person who - and I remember to this day - he was a fireman, and he said,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
What I object to is the hyper-fetishized wedding day, the prioritizing of wedding over marriage. I have a real problem with couples… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The story he [Todd Willingham] told me was this: He woke up to a fire. He ran out of the house and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The child is taught form earliest consciousness that she has these four brothers with her in the world wherever she goes, and… — 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
“How many people have I heard claim their children as the greatest accomplishment and comfort of their lives? It's the thing they… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Todd's mother had several children by different fathers, and Todd [Willingham] had been abandoned in California. ... He's a good-looking man. He… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“the patron god of children born on Thursdays is Shiva the Destroyer, and that the day has two guiding animal spirits--the lion… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Offer it up personally,then. Right now. I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of… — 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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![“The story he [Todd Willingham] told me was this: He woke up to a fire. He ran out of the house and couldn't run back in to save his children, and that was enough to get me interested. ... There's a writer in me that's like, ... this is a great story. ... I have a good friend, who was my neighbor…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d7c/elizabeth-gilbert-131_children_the-story-he-todd-willingham-told-me-was_2822595.jpg)
![“Todd's mother had several children by different fathers, and Todd [Willingham] had been abandoned in California. ... He's a good-looking man. He was a witty man, you know? Funny, caring. He wasn't arrogant, but he was kind of set in his ways. If he thought something, it was one way. You could show…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c57/elizabeth-gilbert-131_abandoned_todd-s-mother-had-several-children-by-di_1279540.jpg)
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