“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 Creative life Copy Share Image
As for discipline—it's important, but sort of overrated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Believe Copy Share Image
“Raising a child is the very definition of ambivalence. I am overwhelmed at times by how something can simultaneously be so awful… — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
Of course, we all inevitably work too hard, then we get burned out and have to spend the whole weekend in our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Boxes Copy Share Image
My restlessness makes me a far better day-to-day traveler than he will ever be. I am infinitely curious and almost infinitely patient… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better day Copy Share Image
“She knew that the world was plainly divided into those who fought an unrelenting battle to live, and those who surrendered and… — Elizabeth Gilbert War Copy Share Image
“There's another wonderful Italian expression: l'arte d'arrangiarsi-the art of making something out of nothing. The art of turning a few simple ingredients… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise… — Elizabeth Gilbert Argument Copy Share Image
But the very fact that this world is so challenging is exactly why you sometimes must reach out of its jurisdiction for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Authority Copy Share Image
“It is the prerogative of all humans to make ludicrous choices, to fall in love with the most unlikely of partners, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Fall in love Copy Share Image
I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really… — Elizabeth Gilbert Another way Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, that's good drama - the marriage plot or the tragedy - but the reality of women's lives is that most… — Elizabeth Gilbert Drama Copy Share Image
There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide… — Elizabeth Gilbert Attitude Copy Share Image
“People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But… — Elizabeth Gilbert Around the world 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
So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it. — Elizabeth Gilbert Light Copy Share Image
There's only one problem with the hero's journey, it never included women. — Elizabeth Gilbert Hero Copy Share Image
“We know now that all the people of Polynesia carry taro root and coconut palm and breadfruit with them when they settle… — Elizabeth Gilbert Book-title Copy Share Image
There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying… — Elizabeth Gilbert Access Copy Share Image
“I was suffering the easily foreseeable consequences. Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
I'm still aspiring to be a better and better person, but I think that disappointments have made me gentler with other people… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better person Copy Share Image
Real, sane, mature love—the kind that pays the mortgage year after year and picks up the kids after school—is not based on… — Elizabeth Gilbert Affection Copy Share Image
The thing that I do try to convey is, don't do what I did - but ask what I asked. — Elizabeth Gilbert Asks Copy Share Image
They flank me - depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don't need to show their badges. I know these… — Elizabeth Gilbert Badges Copy Share Image
“You don't have to live like this because people tell you it's the only way. You're not handcuffed to your culture!” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
