To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even than Roman women, to be honest. Italian… — Elizabeth Gilbert Beautiful Copy Share Image
When Catherine told me about this (tragedy nearby), I could only say, shocked, "Dear God, that family needs grace." She replied firmly,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Casseroles Copy Share Image
According to the mystics, this search for divine bliss is the entire purpose of a human life. this is why we all… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bliss Copy Share Image
“Stepping out of other people’s drama cycles was scary, weird, and difficult for me at first. I felt guilty for keeping the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
“It was becoming evident to me that addiction is addiction is addiction—that all the ways in which people binge, hoard, numb, act… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don’t you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart… — Elizabeth Gilbert Big deal Copy Share Image
“ceremony is essential to humans: It's a circle that we draw around important events to separate the momentous from the ordinary. And… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ceremony Copy Share Image
I have good idea, for if you meet some person from different religion and he want to make argument about God. My… — Elizabeth Gilbert Agree Copy Share Image
The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Air Copy Share Image
Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better place Copy Share Image
“I think there are writers who take a quieter approach to their work — one that is just about respectfully showing up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Career Copy Share Image
Virginia Woolf wrote, "Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword." On one side of that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Argument Copy Share Image
“This realization frightened her and made her unable to sleep at night, which, in turn, frightened her more. She feared the restlessness… — Elizabeth Gilbert Feared Copy Share Image
As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness… — Elizabeth Gilbert Awareness Copy Share Image
“A friend took me to the most amazing place the other day. It's called the Augusteum. Octavian Augustus built it to house… — Elizabeth Gilbert Afraid of change Copy Share Image
“If faith were rational, it wouldn't be - by definition - faith. Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove… — Elizabeth Gilbert Belief Copy Share Image
There’s a part of me which has always wanted to hear a man say, "Let me take care of you forever," and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Care 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
Once Henry had heard a crying noise at sea, and had seen a mermaid floating on the ocean's surface. The mermaid had… — Elizabeth Gilbert Arms 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 Lost Copy Share Image
“For a group of nationalist intellectuals much later in history to have sat down and decided that Dante’s Italian would now be… — Elizabeth Gilbert History Copy Share Image
“I slowly came to recognize individual monks within the crowds of interchangeable orange robes and shaved heads. There were flirtatious and daring… — Elizabeth Gilbert Monks Copy Share Image
“they filled her with the most astonishing sensation of synthesis-as though all the most disparate elements of her biography were at last… — Elizabeth Gilbert Heart Copy Share Image
You have to get hurt. That's how you learn. The strongest people out there, the ones who laugh the hardest with a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Battle Copy Share Image
Take care of the problems now, or else you'll just have to suffer again later when you scew everything up the next… — Elizabeth Gilbert Care Copy Share Image
The Hopi Indians thought that the world’s religions each contained one spiritual thread, and that these threads are always seeking each other,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Dark 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
“The Buddha referred to married people as “householders.” He even gave clear instructions as to how one should be a good householder:… — Elizabeth Gilbert Buddha Copy Share Image
Up until the middle of the nineteenth century, men of science were all believers. Most of the great early English naturalists were… — Elizabeth Gilbert Believer Copy Share Image
Astonishingly, at some point, a sputtering torch was thrust into her hands. Alma did not see who gave it to her. She… — Elizabeth Gilbert Air Copy Share Image
The story he [Todd Willingham] told me was this: He woke up to a fire. He ran out of the house and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
In every possible instance Saint Paul begged Christians to restrain themselves to contain their carnal yearnings to live solitary and sexless lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Christian Copy Share Image
All of women's stories in the 19th century had either one of two endings: you either had the good Jane Austen marriage… — Elizabeth Gilbert 19th century Copy Share Image
At that moment of realization (that union with God is always present), that's when God let me go, let me slide through… — Elizabeth Gilbert Compassionate Copy Share Image
My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties,… — Elizabeth Gilbert American Copy Share Image
“Everyone makes their own path, and I must make mine. The Bhagavad Gita - and ancient Indian Yogic text - says that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bhagavad gita Copy Share Image
This was my voice, but perfectly wise, calm and compassionate. This was what my voice would sound like if I’d only ever… — Elizabeth Gilbert Affection Copy Share Image
When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Against Copy Share Image
There's a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Begging Copy Share Image
You know, it’s the same thing as the question of free will and destiny, the question of creativity - you, the artist,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
![“The story he [Todd Willingham] told me was this: He woke up to a fire. He ran out of the house and couldn't run back in to save his children, and that was enough to get me interested. ... There's a writer in me that's like, ... this is a great story. ... I have a good friend, who was my neighbor…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d7c/elizabeth-gilbert-131_children_the-story-he-todd-willingham-told-me-was_2822595.jpg)
