Your problem is you don't understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what… — 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
It is completely acceptable to be tired because it means you're working hard. But it's not acceptable to be stressed because that… — 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
He looks at you like you're someone he's never met before, much less someone he once loved with high passion. The irony… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain men—for certain people—to be able to provide their loved ones with material… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
To devote yourself to the creation and enjoyment of beauty, then, can be a serious business-not always necessarily a means of escaping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I have no nostalgia for the patriarchy, please believe me. But what I have come to realize is that, when that patriarchic… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Every woman deserves a man that can make her heart forget that it was ever broken. Even if these have been broken… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don’t you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart… — 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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