It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still… — Elizabeth Gilbert Couture Copy Share Image
Todd's mother had several children by different fathers, and Todd [Willingham] had been abandoned in California. ... He's a good-looking man. He… — Elizabeth Gilbert Abandoned Copy Share Image
The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified… — Elizabeth Gilbert Becoming Copy Share Image
The notion is that human beings are born, (as my Guru has explained many times,) with equivalent potential for both contraction and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
We invented marriage. Couples invented marriage. We also invented divorce,mind you. And we invented infidelity,too, as well as romantic misery. In fact… — Elizabeth Gilbert Age Copy Share Image
“I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Everything- for no reason whatsoever- is perfect.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Intelligence Copy Share Image
“It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Impermanence Copy Share Image
I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Assuming Copy Share Image
“Life, if you keep chasing it so hard, will drive you to death. Time - when pursued like a bandit - will… — Elizabeth Gilbert Death Copy Share Image
I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress. — Elizabeth Gilbert Distress Copy Share Image
“In all of our lives, there are days that we wish we could see expunged from the record of our very existence.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Grief Copy Share Image
“that all the sorrow and trouble of this world is caused by unhappy people. Not only in the big global Hitler-’n’-” — Elizabeth Gilbert Unhappy people Copy Share Image
Admittedly, I am not the one who looks fantastic in everything, but still I cannot help loving myself. — Elizabeth Gilbert Fantastic Copy Share Image
“You know, I think some people fear that if they like the wrong kind of book, it will reflect poorly on them.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Books 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 Death Copy Share Image
I was the baby of the family, but I was never babied, and that allowed me to take whatever artistic temperament I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
It is completely acceptable to be tired because it means you're working hard. But it's not acceptable to be stressed because that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Acceptable Copy Share Image
“You are free, because everyone is too busy fussing over themselves to worry all that much about you. Go be whomever you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Freedom Copy Share Image
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Change your life Copy Share Image
For the entire decade of my 30s and the early part of my 40s, I didn't write a word of fiction. I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Behinds Copy Share Image
I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. — Elizabeth Gilbert Depression Copy Share Image
“I've spent my entire life chasing wonder, and to me that word is synonymous with spirituality.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Entire life Copy Share Image
I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home… — Elizabeth Gilbert Christmas Copy Share Image
