Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
All I could say was, "I don't know what to do." I remember her taking me by the shoulders and looking me… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In the end, I’ve come to believe in something I call the ‘physics of the quest’, a force in nature governed by… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“only those who live in the wilderness can recognize the central truth of existence, which is that death lives right beside us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being a literal… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“And even beyond the flaws, there are just some simple differences between Felipe and me that we will both have to accept.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But if you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Looking for Truth is not some kind of spazzy free-for-all, not even during this, the great age of the spazzy free-for-all.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“What's more, I believe in argument and I even love it. Argument is our most steadfast pathway toward truth, for it is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The fantasy of the wedding day is that it represents undeniable public and private truth that you have been chosen. For that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“He said, "Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see 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
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