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
Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you - the legally married person who… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can always unchoose later—again, for its own… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I read today that all addiction is a form of misplaced worship. I get that. And I’ve certainly done that. I’ve mistaken… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We invented marriage. Couples invented marriage. We also invented divorce,mind you. And we invented infidelity,too, as well as romantic misery. In fact… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Send him some love and light every time you think about him, and then drop it. You're just afraid to let go… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A true soul mate is probably the most important person youll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“To those I love: I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Marriage is a game. They (the anxious and powerful) set the rules. We (the ordinary and subversive) bow obediently before those rules.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live? — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's still two human beings trying to get along, so it's going to be complicated. And love is always complicated. But humans… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“First spouses, I have learned, don't ever really go away--even if you aren't speaking to them anymore. They are phantoms who dwell… — 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
every healthy marriage is composed of walls and windows. The windows are the aspects of your relationship that are open to the… — 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
