“I’ve never stood on a piece of ground as throbbingly, even pornographically, generative.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
he was still my romantic hero and I was still his living dream — Elizabeth Gilbert Dream Copy Share Image
I felt like I was some kind of primitive spring-loaded machine, placed under far more tension than it had ever been built… — Elizabeth Gilbert Blast Copy Share Image
You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light. — Elizabeth Gilbert Inspirational Copy Share Image
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I know this simple fact to be true, for I myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Abandoned Copy Share Image
I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bigs Copy Share Image
Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. — Elizabeth Gilbert Belief Copy Share Image
Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order. — Elizabeth Gilbert Also Copy Share Image
“The older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Authenticity Copy Share Image
What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Age Copy Share Image
Modern marriage is first and foremost a romantic and private union, but the tax laws and inheritance laws and religious implications that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Advancement Copy Share Image
I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely… — Elizabeth Gilbert Dream Copy Share Image
Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it's more like love's shady second cousin who's always borrowing money and can't… — Elizabeth Gilbert Borrowing Copy Share Image
“My mind was spinning around this inflaming and infuriating thought: Why can’t I be a normal person who does normal things like… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
As I got older, I discovered that nothing within me cried out for a baby. My womb did not seem to have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ache Copy Share Image
Marriage is those two thousand indistinguishable conversations, chatted over two thousand indistuinguishable breakfasts, where intimacy turns like a slow wheel. How do… — Elizabeth Gilbert Air Copy Share Image
The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go — Elizabeth Gilbert Best eat pray love Copy Share Image
“Flexibility is just as essential for divinity as is discipline.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Discipline Copy Share Image
I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard. — Elizabeth Gilbert Accountability Copy Share Image
“What is it about the American obsession with productivity and responsibility that makes it so difficult for us to allow ourselves a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Interview Copy Share Image
“Never put away your labors while the sun is high, Alma, with the hopes of finding more hours to work tomorrow—for you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Hope Copy Share Image
