“Trust me, if you want to complain, you’ll always find plenty to complain about, even when fortune appears to be shining her… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Marriage is what happens "between the memorable." He said that we often look back on our marriages years later, perhaps after one… — Elizabeth Gilbert Marriage Copy Share Image
“Cease partiicipation, if only for one day this year --- if only to make sure that we don't lose forever the rare… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Kalos Kai Agathos, the singular balance of the good and the beautiful. — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then… — Elizabeth Gilbert Delight Copy Share Image
God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies. — Elizabeth Gilbert Boxes Copy Share Image
“We had more fun waiting in line together at the Department of Motor Vehicles than most couples have on their honeymoons. We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Relationship Copy Share Image
I wanted to experience both. I wanted worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. I wanted what the Greeks called kalos kai agathos, the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Anxiety Copy Share Image
Because I know something that you don't know. I know that this is the worst experience of your life, but I also… — Elizabeth Gilbert Fine Copy Share Image
“She felt the familiar old constriction in her chest - that combination of desire and urgency. She needed more hours - many… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm not a big Austen reader. I wouldn't say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot… — Elizabeth Gilbert Austen Copy Share Image
The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go. — Elizabeth Gilbert Beautiful Copy Share Image
When you have only two minutes to say good-bye to the person you love most in the world, and you don’t know… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bye Copy Share Image
Then again, you cannot stop the flood of desire as it moves through the world, inappropriate though it may sometimes be. It… — Elizabeth Gilbert Calamity Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly inventive. If you left me in а room and told me to write a novel, I wouldn't be able… — Elizabeth Gilbert Able 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
“As someone who struggles with anxiety and cowardice, as we all do, I’m profoundly inspired by. . . . full-on commitment to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Anxiety Copy Share Image
Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Best friend Copy Share Image
But why must everything have a practical application? I'd been such a diligent soldier for years - working, producing, never missing a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Application Copy Share Image
“But this morning in meditation, after I heard the lion roar YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS, I came… — Elizabeth Gilbert Meditation Copy Share Image
Here in America, marriage still has a mystical, intangible power: It is a passport to adulthood and respectability and to a certain… — Elizabeth Gilbert Adulthood Copy Share Image
