“She’s got this ability to shut me up when I start fretting over metaphysical questions, such as, “What is the nature of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Nature 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 Balance Copy Share Image
“Guilt’s just your ego’s way of tricking you into thinking that you’re making moral progress.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings… — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
“One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
a woman's place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching… — Elizabeth Gilbert Chairs Copy Share Image
“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around… — Elizabeth Gilbert Around the world Copy Share Image
But he [Depression] just gives me that dark smile, settles into my favorite chair, puts his feet on my table and lights… — Elizabeth Gilbert Awful Copy Share Image
“I have never learned how to arrange my face into that blank expression of competent invisibility that is so useful when traveling… — Elizabeth Gilbert Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
“no hay nada que no tenga explicación si uno tiene acceso a una biblioteca con buenos libros de referencia.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
He looks at you like you're someone he's never met before, much less someone he once loved with high passion. The irony… — Elizabeth Gilbert Blame Copy Share Image
“What life is, we know not. What life does, we know well. —LORD PERCEVAL” — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
“why are you so sure that your micromanagement of every moment in this whole world is so essential” — Elizabeth Gilbert Every moment Copy Share Image
The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ancient Copy Share Image
We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses--one foot is on the horse called "fate," the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Circus Copy Share Image
Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably… — Elizabeth Gilbert Administrators Copy Share Image
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Awake Copy Share Image
Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Boring Copy Share Image
“I believe that many modern women, my mother included, carry within them a whole secret New England cemetery, wherein they have quietly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Dreams Copy Share Image
“When asked how he could tell the difference, the saint said that you can only tell which is which by the way… — Elizabeth Gilbert Business Copy Share Image
“They come upon me all silent and menacing like Pinkerton Detectives, and they flank me—Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image