“One must bear what cannot be escaped," she told Alma, as she rubbed clean her face. "You will not die of your… — Elizabeth Gilbert Grief Copy Share Image
We alter and customize the thing every century, every generation, every day - both in the courts and in our own homes.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accepting Copy Share Image
Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it… — Elizabeth Gilbert Care Copy Share Image
“But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ambition Copy Share Image
A creative life is an amplified life. It's a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible… — Elizabeth Gilbert Answers Copy Share Image
Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon? — Elizabeth Gilbert Earth Copy Share Image
“When it comes to romance, I'm always behind you. I am slower. It's like you are the lightening and I am the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith. — Elizabeth Gilbert Definitions Copy Share Image
Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy from most… — Elizabeth Gilbert Berlusconi Copy Share Image
“Still, despite all this, traveling is the great true love of my life. I have always felt, ever since I was sixteen… — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to bring forth the state of peace that we each inherently posses merely by his presence… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ability Copy Share Image
“The Indians around here tell a cautionary fable about a great saint who was always surrounded in his Ashram by loyal devotees.… — Elizabeth Gilbert God Copy Share Image
The hero's journey is simply who we are as human beings ... — Elizabeth Gilbert Hero Copy Share Image
“She felt listless, tragic, and slightly murderous. She was irritable and prickly with exactly those people who were the kindest to her.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“all the sorrow and trouble of this world is caused by unhappy people.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Grief Copy Share Image
“But why must everything always have a practical application? I’d been such a diligent soldier for years—working, producing, never missing a deadline,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Loved ones Copy Share Image
Childlessness doesn't make people selfish; selfishness makes people selfish. — Elizabeth Gilbert Childlessness Copy Share Image
When I diagnose my depression now, I think it was partially about saying goodbye to these kids that I always expected to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Depression Copy Share Image
There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Baths Copy Share Image