I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You know, why at the end of your life should you assemble thousands of pages of 'Why am I so sad, why… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I feel like there are women who are genuinely born to be mothers, and women who are born to be aunties, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You might get nothing out of it at all except a beautiful, long life where all you did was follow your gorgeous… — 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
I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression -… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The world needs women who stop asking for permission from the principal. Permission to live their lives as they deeply know they… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely… — 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