I'm still aspiring to be a better and better person, but I think that disappointments have made me gentler with other people… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Marriage is - among other things - a study in contradiction and disappointment, and inside that reality there is space for us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Women are capable of enduring a tremendous amount of disappointment and still have a good life. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Maturity brings - among other things - the ability to sustain and survive enormous contradictions and disappointments. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage) — 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
