It's still two human beings trying to get along, so it's going to be complicated. And love is always complicated. But humans… — Elizabeth Gilbert And love Copy Share Image
“He said, "Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being… — Elizabeth Gilbert Eat Copy Share Image
“Alma wrote in depth about laurel, mimosa, and verbena. She wrote about grapes and camellias, about the myrtle orange, about the cosseting… — Elizabeth Gilbert Alma-whittaker Copy Share Image
“But whenever I see it happen, I always want to say the same thing. Good luck. Because you still have a woman… — Elizabeth Gilbert Complicated love Copy Share Image
“I've come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call "The Physics of The Quest" — a force of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Inspirational quotes Copy Share Image
“If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Faith Copy Share Image
“This is what intimacy does to us over time. That's what a long marriage can do: It causes us to inherit and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Intimacy Copy Share Image
“George thrust into Alma's hand a lithograph of a spotted 'Catasetum.' The orchid had been rendered so magnificently that it seemed to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Artwork Copy Share Image
I have far more enthusiasm in life than I have actual energy. In my excitement, I routinely take on more that I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Apologizing Copy Share Image
“There's a power struggle going on across Europe these days. A few cities are competing against each other to see who shall… — Elizabeth Gilbert Europe Copy Share Image
The sound universe is also spectacular around here. In the evenings there's a cricket orchestra with frogs providing the bass line. In… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bass Copy Share Image
“We Americans often say that marriage is hard work. I'm not sure that the Hmong would understand this notion. Life is hard… — Elizabeth Gilbert American women Copy Share Image
“I am loyal and constant in my love for travel, as I have not always been loyal and constant in my other… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
“I tried so hard to fight the endless sobbing. I remember asking myself one night, while I was curled up in the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Living room Copy Share Image
“writers like Jack Kerouac (who called himself an "urban Thoreau") set forth to redefine and rediscover ways to live in America without… — Elizabeth Gilbert America Copy Share Image
“In the end, what i have come to believe about God is simple. It's like this - I used to have this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Animal Copy Share Image
There's no reason to keep a piece of furniture in your house that is so sacred and rare that you can't put… — Elizabeth Gilbert Book Copy Share Image
“It’s the same with relationships, I think. People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who… — Elizabeth Gilbert Fall in love 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
“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
There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. 'How much do you love me?' And,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Causes Copy Share Image
I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bigger Copy Share Image
“I became a student of my own depressed experience, trying to unthread its causes. What was the root of all this despair?… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bad behavior Copy Share Image
I see women who have this struggle between what they know is right, what they know is necessary, what they know is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Asking Copy Share Image
“Possessing a creative mind, after all, is something like having a border collie for a pet: It needs to work, or else… — Elizabeth Gilbert Creating Copy Share Image
“He lived in sight of both worlds, but he looked toward the unknown. And he was a scholar… You can still live… — Elizabeth Gilbert Borders Copy Share Image
“I knew then and I know now only what my heart feels to be true, you see - that without the love… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
“I don't sit around waiting for passion to strike me. I keep working steadily, because I believe it is our privilege as… — Elizabeth Gilbert Creativity Copy Share Image
Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning… — Elizabeth Gilbert Answers Copy Share Image
It was like time would stop, and the dancer would sort of step through some kind of portal and he wasn't doing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Allah Copy Share Image
“Alma knelt in the tall grass and brought her face as near as she could to the stone. And there, rising no… — Elizabeth Gilbert Alma-whittaker Copy Share Image
“But I was always coming here. I though about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew… — Elizabeth Gilbert Destiny Copy Share Image
“I choose to trust that inspiration is always nearby, the whole time I'm working, trying its damnedest to impart assistance. [...] Sometimes… — Elizabeth Gilbert Creativity Copy Share Image
We were taught to be dependable, responsible, the top of our classes at school, the most organized and efficient babysitters in town,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Army Copy Share Image
“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures. You can battle your demons… — Elizabeth Gilbert Failure Copy Share Image
Your fear is just as boring as mine is. Everyone's got the same one. It is not precious. It is not special.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Boring Copy Share Image
I know what it feels like to be bruised; I know what it feels like to carry things around with you that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bruised Copy Share Image
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet… — Elizabeth Gilbert Circle of life Copy Share Image
“You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other people. Do not protest; it is true. I am… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century was the last moment in history when a relatively educated layperson could follow what was going on in the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Century Copy Share Image