“I was suffering the easily foreseeable consequences. Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Moreover, I have boundary issues with men. Or maybe that's not fair to say. One must have boundaries in the first place,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Those who are ill-prepared to endure the battle for survival should perhaps never have attempted living in the first place.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Venice seems like a wonderful city in which to die a slow and alcoholic death, or to lose a loved one, or… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Moreover, I have boundary issues with men. Or maybe that’s not fair to say. To have issues with boundaries, one must have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's so much easier and cheaper to keep the river uncontaminated in the first place than it is to clean it up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“A few weeks ago he said to me, completely ou of nowhere, 'You good friend to me, Liss. Loyal friend.' Then he… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Maybe [artistry] doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe, in the first place, that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“He was playing a character I had invented, which is somewhat telling. In desperate love, it's always like this, isn't it? In… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object of your adoration bestows upon you a… — 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