Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accomplishment Copy Share Image
“it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you ARE lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you've… — Elizabeth Gilbert Time Copy Share Image
“We were talking the other evening about the phrases one uses when trying to comfort someone who is in distress. I told… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better place Copy Share Image
Nobody's really paying that much attention to your massive personal dramas. — Elizabeth Gilbert Attention Copy Share Image
Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water. — Elizabeth Gilbert Bali eat pray love Copy Share Image
By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can always unchoose later—again, for its own… — Elizabeth Gilbert Chosen Copy Share Image
“I read today that all addiction is a form of misplaced worship. I get that. And I’ve certainly done that. I’ve mistaken… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
In order for marriage to endure it has to change along with us, and it does that very graciously. And in the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Doe Copy Share Image
There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accepting Copy Share Image
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain… — Elizabeth Gilbert Body Copy Share Image
You almost can't wait too long [to get married]. The longer you wait, the better off you are going to be. And… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better off Copy Share Image
I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman. — Elizabeth Gilbert Chickens Copy Share Image
I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed… — Elizabeth Gilbert Also Copy Share Image
Richard didn't even have time to ask if I thought I'd ever amount to anything in this life before I looked him… — Elizabeth Gilbert Eye Copy Share Image
“The fact that this was a fairly accurate portrait of my own mother is a quick indicator of how difficult it once… — Elizabeth Gilbert Parenting Copy Share Image
If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not… — Elizabeth Gilbert Answers Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Being married Copy Share Image
If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around. — Elizabeth Gilbert Ifs Copy Share Image
“I am more touched, still, that you are trying to understand - through rational thought - that which cannot be understood at… — Elizabeth Gilbert Faith Copy Share Image
creative people always suffer from depression because we're so super sensitive and special? — Elizabeth Gilbert Creative Copy Share Image
the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and (I love this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Character Copy Share Image
The trick at every turn was to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival were… — Elizabeth Gilbert Burning Copy Share Image
“But I explained that deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better place Copy Share Image
“Because the world is so corrupted, misspoken, unstable, exaggerated and unfair, one should trust only what one can experience with one's own… — Elizabeth Gilbert Opera singer Copy Share Image
Equally disquieting are the times when we do make a choice, only to later feel as though we have murdered some other… — Elizabeth Gilbert Aspect Copy Share Image