People Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
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A traveler expecting resentment finds empathy instead, showing that real kindness can change what we think will happen. The quotes note that boredom makes people dull, while disappointments can soften us toward others. They also reveal a common worry: saying no because we fear hurting people’s feelings.
![“[My friend and I] decided, we'll go to Corsicana, and we'll see what the people in Corsicana say. ... We just started meeting people and talking to them, and the more I heard the stories, the more red flags kept popping up. There was this disconnect between this person [Todd Willingham] that I'm…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/elizabeth-gilbert-131_court_my-friend-and-i-decided-we-ll-go-to-cors_425440.jpg)
![“The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very few people... would accept marriage on it's thirteenth-century terms. Marriage survives, in other words, precisely because it evolves. (Though I suppose this would not…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/elizabeth-gilbert-131_accepting_the-silly-putty-like-malleability-of-the_904470.jpg)
