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title: "32 Ifs Quotes By Elizabeth Gilbert"
description: "32 Ifs quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert. Plus more from Elizabeth Gilbert and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-you-want-to-know-the-world-sometimes-you-have-to-get-out-and-roll/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [If you're alive, you're a creative person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-you-re-alive-you-re-a-creative-person/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-had-a-great-teacher-in-india-who-said-to-me-if-you-think-you-re/)

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> [At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/at-the-end-of-the-day-i-am-a-writer-and-if-i-don-t-take-care-of-this/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-believe-that-if-you-are-serious-about-a-life-of-writing-or-indeed/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-think-that-if-you-can-roast-a-chicken-you-can-get-whatever-you-want/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I feel like if I were to get another tattoo, it would probably be those two words. Just stubborn, stubborn, stubborn gladness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-feel-like-if-i-were-to-get-another-tattoo-it-would-probably-be/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [ If Todd \[Willingham\] was guilty of anything, it was just his self-preservation. He got up and ran out of the house and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-todd-willingham-was-guilty-of-anything-it-was-just-his-self/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/devotion-is-diligence-without-assurance-if-faith-were-rational-it/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/you-can-butcher-the-sheep-only-once-but-if-you-are-careful-you-can/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [ I can see how the authorities could not like Todd \[ Willingham\], because he's not a person who is going to give… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-can-see-how-the-authorities-could-not-like-todd-willingham-because/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [If I'm being forgiving of myself, I could say I'm somebody who was really hungry for experiences. The same thing that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-i-m-being-forgiving-of-myself-i-could-say-i-m-somebody-who-was/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-we-never-leave-our-house-except-to-drive-to-work-do-we-need-to-be/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I feel like all this stuff that we make: books and art and music, all of it. There's this energy that circles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-feel-like-all-this-stuff-that-we-make-books-and-art-and-music-all/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I went to Shea Stadium and used the men's room. Terrifying. There was this little kid looking at me through the crack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-went-to-shea-stadium-and-used-the-men-s-room-terrifying-there-was/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I'm not particularly inventive. If you left me in а room and told me to write a novel, I wouldn't be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-m-not-particularly-inventive-if-you-left-me-in-room-and-told-me-to/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I have more compassion than if I had led a life where everything worked out exactly as I had planned or if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-have-more-compassion-than-if-i-had-led-a-life-where-everything/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-m-here-i-love-you-i-don-t-care-if-you-need-to-stay-up-crying-all-3/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Every woman deserves a man that can make her heart forget that it was ever broken. Even if these have been broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/every-woman-deserves-a-man-that-can-make-her-heart-forget-that-it-was-2/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [ Maybe \[artistry\] doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe, in the first place, that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/maybe-artistry-doesn-t-have-to-be-quite-so-full-of-anguish-if-you/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [ Todd's mother had several children by different fathers, and Todd \[Willingham\] had been abandoned in California. ... He's a good-looking man. He… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/todd-s-mother-had-several-children-by-different-fathers-and-todd/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I see women who have this struggle between what they know is right, what they know is necessary, what they know is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-see-women-who-have-this-struggle-between-what-they-know-is-right/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman. Maybe it's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-think-that-if-you-can-roast-a-chicken-you-can-get-whatever-you-want-2/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Don't be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be. If your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/don-t-be-daunted-just-do-your-job-continue-to-show-up-for-your-piece/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Never go into debt to become a writer. Always find other ways to support yourself so you can do the work you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/never-go-into-debt-to-become-a-writer-always-find-other-ways-to/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/writing-is-not-like-dancing-or-modeling-it-s-not-something-where-if/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I'm not a big Austen reader. I wouldn't say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-m-not-a-big-austen-reader-i-wouldn-t-say-i-dislike-her-but-if-i-had/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-you-re-going-to-answer-the-call-and-you-re-going-to-transform-and/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Travel is similar to therapy. You can go to the best psychologist in the world for ten years. If you don't feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/travel-is-similar-to-therapy-you-can-go-to-the-best-psychologist-in/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-you-re-brave-enough-to-leave-behind-everything-familiar-and/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [There was really only one person who - and I remember to this day - he was a fireman, and he said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/there-was-really-only-one-person-who-and-i-remember-to-this-day-he/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Someone asked me if I would like to write a man on death row, be a pen pal, and I was like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/someone-asked-me-if-i-would-like-to-write-a-man-on-death-row-be-a-pen/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Elizabeth Gilbert

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/that-s-your-friend-my-husband-is-my-best-friend-he-s-not-the-mirror/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/not-to-mention-that-i-have-finally-arrived-at-that-age-where-a-woman/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-buddha-taught-that-all-human-suffering-is-rooted-in-desire-don-t/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/and-while-we-do-have-possibilities-that-are-vast-and-magnificent-and/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/learn-your-way-around-loneliness-make-a-map-of-it-sit-with-it-for/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-we-never-leave-our-house-except-to-drive-to-work-do-we-need-to-be/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-will-tell-you-why-we-have-these-extraordinary-minds-and-souls-miss/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/both-the-five-year-olds-looked-at-me-with-bewilderment-and-a-bit-of/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/clearing-out-all-your-misery-gets-you-out-of-the-way-you-cease-being/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-ingredients-of-both-darkness-and-light-are-equally-present-in-all/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-was-full-of-a-hot-powerful-sadness-and-would-have-loved-to-burst/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-live-in-nature-where-everything-is-connected-circular-the-seasons/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“His spelling was several degrees beyond arbitrary, and his punctuation brought reason to sigh with unhappiness. But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/his-spelling-was-several-degrees-beyond-arbitrary-and-his-punctuation/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/before-you-realize-this-truth-say-the-yogis-you-will-always-be-in/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-actually-have-a-great-deal-of-respect-for-antidepressants-i-think/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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