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title: "45 Way Quotes By Elizabeth Gilbert"
description: "45 Way quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert. Plus more from Elizabeth Gilbert and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [Do you think there's any way humans can love each other without complication?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/do-you-think-there-s-any-way-humans-can-love-each-other-without/)

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> [Desperate love is always the toughest way to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/desperate-love-is-always-the-toughest-way-to-do-it/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-want-god-to-play-in-my-bloodstream-the-way-sunlight-amuses-itself/)

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> [Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress. Don't fall for it, my dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/guilt-s-just-your-ego-s-way-of-tricking-you-into-thinking-that-you-re/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/devotion-is-diligence-without-assurance-faith-is-a-way-of-saying-yes-2/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/clearing-out-all-your-misery-gets-you-out-of-the-way-you-cease-being-2/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Parla Come Mangi' --It is a common way to say 'be simple', 'don't try to be rhetorical' literaly: 'speak the way you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/parla-come-mangi-it-is-a-common-way-to-say-be-simple-don-t-try-to-be/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [If I'd had any way of knowing that things were- as Lily Tomlin once said- going to get a whole lot worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-i-d-had-any-way-of-knowing-that-things-were-as-lily-tomlin-once/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Reality has taught us that no woman can build an honest life without sacrificing something along the way. Deciding what will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/reality-has-taught-us-that-no-woman-can-build-an-honest-life-without/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-think-another-way-that-you-can-really-harm-yourself-as-an-artist-is/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/absolute-certainty-is-not-something-i-strive-for-anymore-i-ve-learned/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [You know, even I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/you-know-even-i-have-had-work-or-ideas-come-through-me-from-a-source/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hired to walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/in-venice-in-the-middle-ages-there-was-once-a-profession-for-a-man/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/parla-come-magni-it-means-speak-the-way-you-eat-or-in-my-personal/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/deep-grief-sometimes-is-almost-like-a-specific-location-a-coordinate/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even than Roman women, to be honest. Italian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/to-my-taste-the-men-in-rome-are-ridiculously-hurtfully-stupidly/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/to-find-the-balance-you-want-this-is-what-you-must-become-you-must/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [The culture of Rome just doesn't match the culture of Yoga, not as far as I can see. In fact, I've decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-culture-of-rome-just-doesn-t-match-the-culture-of-yoga-not-as-far/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Traveling is the great true love of my life... I am loyal and constant in my love of travel. I feel about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/traveling-is-the-great-true-love-of-my-life-i-am-loyal-and-constant/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [ Todd's mother had several children by different fathers, and Todd \[Willingham\] had been abandoned in California. ... He's a good-looking man. He… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/todd-s-mother-had-several-children-by-different-fathers-and-todd/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [We live in this society where you must constantly be reinventing yourself. The big question is what are you doing next. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/we-live-in-this-society-where-you-must-constantly-be-reinventing/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/when-you-re-lost-in-those-woods-it-sometimes-takes-you-a-while-to-2/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Never go into debt to become a writer. Always find other ways to support yourself so you can do the work you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/never-go-into-debt-to-become-a-writer-always-find-other-ways-to/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-you-re-brave-enough-to-leave-behind-everything-familiar-and/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I wanted to experience both. I wanted worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. I wanted what the Greeks called kalos kai agathos, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-wanted-to-experience-both-i-wanted-worldly-enjoyment-and-divine/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/learn-your-way-around-loneliness-make-a-map-of-it-sit-with-it-for/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-have-searched-frantically-for-contentment-for-so-many-years-in-so/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-yogic-scriptures-say-that-god-responds-to-the-sacred-prayers-and/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/that-s-the-thing-about-a-human-life-there-s-no-control-group-no-way/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [In 1954, Pope Pius XI, of all people, sent some Vatican delegates on a trip to Libya with these written instructions: "Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/in-1954-pope-pius-xi-of-all-people-sent-some-vatican-delegates-on-a/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Every try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/every-try-to-take-a-toy-away-from-a-toddler-they-don-t-like-that-do/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Women have always been more critical of marriage than men. The great mysterious irony of it is - at least it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/women-have-always-been-more-critical-of-marriage-than-men-the-great/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/when-i-get-lonely-these-days-i-think-so-be-lonely-liz-learn-your-way/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [The little fishing boat anchors right off the shore of Gili Meno. There are no docks here on this island. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-little-fishing-boat-anchors-right-off-the-shore-of-gili-meno/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I think the thing that I lost in myself when I stopped writing fiction and the thing that I rediscovered and started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-think-the-thing-that-i-lost-in-myself-when-i-stopped-writing/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what is that thing?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-have-had-work-or-ideas-come-through-me-from-a-source-that-i/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [ \[Saint Anthony\] said, in his solitude, he sometimes encountered devils who looked like angels, and other times he found angels who looked… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/saint-anthony-said-in-his-solitude-he-sometimes-encountered-devils/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/when-i-look-at-my-life-and-the-lives-of-my-female-friends-these-days/)

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> [Listen - of course money changes everything, but so does sunlight, and so does food: These are powerful but neutral energy sources,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/listen-of-course-money-changes-everything-but-so-does-sunlight-and-so/)

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> [You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/you-need-to-learn-how-to-select-your-thoughts-just-the-same-way-you/)

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## Other authors on Way

## More by Elizabeth Gilbert

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/that-s-your-friend-my-husband-is-my-best-friend-he-s-not-the-mirror/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/not-to-mention-that-i-have-finally-arrived-at-that-age-where-a-woman/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-buddha-taught-that-all-human-suffering-is-rooted-in-desire-don-t/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/and-while-we-do-have-possibilities-that-are-vast-and-magnificent-and/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/learn-your-way-around-loneliness-make-a-map-of-it-sit-with-it-for/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/if-we-never-leave-our-house-except-to-drive-to-work-do-we-need-to-be/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-will-tell-you-why-we-have-these-extraordinary-minds-and-souls-miss/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/both-the-five-year-olds-looked-at-me-with-bewilderment-and-a-bit-of/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/clearing-out-all-your-misery-gets-you-out-of-the-way-you-cease-being/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-ingredients-of-both-darkness-and-light-are-equally-present-in-all/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-was-full-of-a-hot-powerful-sadness-and-would-have-loved-to-burst/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-live-in-nature-where-everything-is-connected-circular-the-seasons/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [“His spelling was several degrees beyond arbitrary, and his punctuation brought reason to sigh with unhappiness. But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/his-spelling-was-several-degrees-beyond-arbitrary-and-his-punctuation/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/before-you-realize-this-truth-say-the-yogis-you-will-always-be-in/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

> [I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-actually-have-a-great-deal-of-respect-for-antidepressants-i-think/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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