“We Americans often say that marriage is hard work. I'm not sure that the Hmong would understand this notion. Life is hard… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The other day in prayer I said to God, “Look—I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
According to the mystics, this search for divine bliss is the entire purpose of a human life. this is why we all… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“A Sanskrit word appeared in the paragraph: ANTEVASIN. It means, ‘one who lives at the border.’ In ancient times, this was a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing… — 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
Richard didn't even have time to ask if I thought I'd ever amount to anything in this life before I looked him… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and (I love this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Life, if you keep chasing it so hard, will drive you to death. Time - when pursued like a bandit - will… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In all of our lives, there are days that we wish we could see expunged from the record of our very existence.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“only those who live in the wilderness can recognize the central truth of existence, which is that death lives right beside us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“You are free, because everyone is too busy fussing over themselves to worry all that much about you. Go be whomever you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
For the entire decade of my 30s and the early part of my 40s, I didn't write a word of fiction. I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I've spent my entire life chasing wonder, and to me that word is synonymous with spirituality.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“But what if, either by choice or by reluctant necessity, you end up not participating in this comforting cycle of family and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self-preserving and self-benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world. You… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Travel is similar to therapy. You can go to the best psychologist in the world for ten years. If you don't feel… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I have these new policies toward my life, like 'I will not accelerate when I see the yellow light.' — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
What Richard is talking about is instead admitting to the existence of negative thoughts, understanding where they came from and why they… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“What life is, we know not. What life does, we know well. —LORD PERCEVAL” — 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
