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
“Everything falls apart. The only thing in life that is permanent is family.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Not making a living,' he wrote, on his first trip to Alaska, 'just living.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My whole life I've been an over-giver. My general operating policy has always been, 'If it belongs to me, don't worry: You… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I wonder if I am capable of being somebody’s sun, somebody’s everything. Am I centered enough now to be the center of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But we are not what the other one needs, still he is certain that I will find great love in my life… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Reality has taught us that no woman can build an honest life without sacrificing something along the way. Deciding what will be… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The reality, certainly in my life, is that we all have love stories that go terribly wrong; we all have horribly broken… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt… — 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
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Wanting to get married, for me, is all about a desire to feel chosen.” She went on to write that while the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I remember asking myself one night, while I was curled up in the same old corner of my same old couch in… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The only unforgivable crime is to cut short the experiment of one’s own life before its natural end. To do so is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“There's a power struggle going on across Europe these days. A few cities are competing against each other to see who shall… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“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
“Still, despite all this, traveling is the great true love of my life. I have always felt, ever since I was sixteen… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Possessing a creative mind, after all, is something like having a border collie for a pet: It needs to work, or else… — 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… — 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
“I've spent my entire life chasing wonder, and to me that word is synonymous with spirituality.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Look - I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Success isn't about acquiring things, it's about discovering your life purpose and following the call — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
That competition and the struggle for existence is the mechanism behind this state of perpetual change. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I wondered, "Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time? — 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
Everything good I've ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up. — 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
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