The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“C. S. Lewis, when he wrote of his wife, “We both knew this: I had my miseries, not hers; she had hers,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Marriage Copy Share Image
“The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Human life Copy Share Image
“Religion is for those who don't want to go to hell, and spirituality is for those who have already been there.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Religion Copy Share Image
I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress. — Elizabeth Gilbert Distress Copy Share Image
“Not making a living,' he wrote, on his first trip to Alaska, 'just living.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Alaska Copy Share Image
When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bliss Copy Share Image
“must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it… — Elizabeth Gilbert Care Copy Share Image
“I couldn't care less about evidence and proof and assurances. I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God… — Elizabeth Gilbert Confidence Copy Share Image
That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy… — Elizabeth Gilbert Best friend 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
With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Travel is similar to therapy. You can go to the best psychologist in the world for ten years. If you don't feel… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Instructions for freedom": 1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions. 2. You have just climbed up and above the roof, there is nothing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Cold night Copy Share Image
“Even if you are eighty years old, or a lesbian, or a strident feminist, or a nun, or an eighty-year-old strident feminist… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
What if we just acknowledged that we have a bad relationship, and we stuck it out, anyway? What if we admitted that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bad relationship Copy Share Image
We alter and customize the thing every century, every generation, every day - both in the courts and in our own homes.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
[My friend and I] decided, we'll go to Corsicana, and we'll see what the people in Corsicana say. ... We just started… — Elizabeth Gilbert Court Copy Share Image
“The search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self-preserving and self-benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world. You… — Elizabeth Gilbert Contentment Copy Share Image
When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Boehme makes such leaps, such contradictions, such confusions of thought. It is as though he wishes to vault directly into heaven upon… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“But vegetarians can eat this...Because intestines aren't even meat, Liz. They're just shit.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Food Copy Share Image
Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You must fight for it, strive for it, and insist upon it. — Elizabeth Gilbert Consequence Copy Share Image
Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction 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
Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It's what you do with it that gives it flavor. — Elizabeth Gilbert Energy Copy Share Image
“You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Wish Copy Share Image
“a fight in the courts would be infinitely more expensive and time-consuming, not to mention soul-corroding.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“His spelling was several degrees beyond arbitrary, and his punctuation brought reason to sigh with unhappiness. But” — Elizabeth Gilbert Sadness Copy Share Image
Women are capable of enduring a tremendous amount of disappointment and still have a good life. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“why are you so sure that your micromanagement of every moment in this whole world is so essential” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Here, I pause to offer a prayer for my gentle reader: May you never, ever, have to get a divorce in New… — Elizabeth Gilbert Books Copy Share Image
I've read that under trauma, that you have this ability to kind of disconnect from the experience. — Elizabeth Gilbert Ability Copy Share Image
“In the end, it's all just violets trying to come to light.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Light Copy Share Image
![“[My friend and I] decided, we'll go to Corsicana, and we'll see what the people in Corsicana say. ... We just started meeting people and talking to them, and the more I heard the stories, the more red flags kept popping up. There was this disconnect between this person [Todd Willingham] that I'm…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/elizabeth-gilbert-131_court_my-friend-and-i-decided-we-ll-go-to-cors_425440.jpg)
