Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process… — 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
So I stood up and did a handstand on my Guru's roof, to celebrate the notion of liberation. I felt the dusty… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Women have always been more critical of marriage than men. The great mysterious irony of it is - at least it's the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I still can’t say whether I ever want children….I can only say how I feel now--grateful to be on my own. I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We live in this society where you must constantly be reinventing yourself. The big question is what are you doing next. The… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy. Because of this extraordinary consciousness and this great ability… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn't want to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Every day when you wake up, ask yourself, 'What do I really, really, really want? ' You have to say really, really,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Women come into marriage with great inflated expectations for what they want this relationship to be, and men don't give it that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I want to learn how to speak Italian. For years, I'd wished I could speak Italian--a language I find more beautiful than… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you want to get to the castle, Groceries, you've got to swim the moat. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It seems obvious that there comes period in your life when you have to learn to say no to things you don't… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water. — 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
People will always want intimacy with one chosen person and you cannot have intimacy without privacy, which is why couples draw circles… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I know this simple fact to be true, for I myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman. Maybe it's just… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to do it - not real change, not soul change, not the painful molecular change required to truly become who… — 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
