I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In order for marriage to endure it has to change along with us, and it does that very graciously. And in the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Never go into debt to become a writer. Always find other ways to support yourself so you can do the work you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My heart was broken so badly last time that it still hurts. Isn't that crazy? To still have a broken heart almost… — 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
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
How could two people who were so in love not end up happily ever after? It had to work. Didn’t it? — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to… — 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
You have to work ceaselessly on your end to digest and imbibe your opportunities or, I have come to believe, they will… — 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
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