“And when I pray, I shall ask the Lord in heaven whatever happened to my father's ethics - or did he never… — Elizabeth Gilbert Philosophy Copy Share Image
“I have established a reputation for being someone who, if you tell her to do one thing, will almost certainly do the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Reputation Copy Share Image
“Struggle was the explanation behind all the most troubling biological mysteries: species differentiation, species extinction, and species transmutation. Struggle explained everything” — Elizabeth Gilbert Inspirational Copy Share Image
I would like to spend the rest of my days in a place so silent–and working at a pace so slow–that I… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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 Nature Copy Share Image
a woman's place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“She’s got this ability to shut me up when I start fretting over metaphysical questions, such as, “What is the nature of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Metaphysical Copy Share Image
I wonder if I am capable of being somebody’s sun, somebody’s everything. Am I centered enough now to be the center of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
He is only happy when he can maintain himself - mentally and spiritually - at the intersection between a vertical line and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
I was the baby of the family, but I was never babied, and that allowed me to take whatever artistic temperament I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“And while the paths and outcomes of creative living will vary wildly from person to person, I can guarantee you this: A… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
When it seemed like I was going to really have to be there at Todd's [Willingham] execution, I don't think I could… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accidents Copy Share Image
“Your job then, should you choose to accept it, is to keep searching for the metaphors, rituals and teachers that will help… — Elizabeth Gilbert Buddhism Copy Share Image
“I felt a glimmer of happiness when I started studying Italian, and when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such… — Elizabeth Gilbert Dark times Copy Share Image
“Passion can seem intimidatingly out of reach at times - a distant tower of flame, accessible only to geniuses and to those… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“If I am truly to become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian...I not… — Elizabeth Gilbert Autonomous Copy Share Image
The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Every day when you wake up, ask yourself, 'What do I really, really, really want? ' You have to say really, really,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“My hypersensitive awareness of time's speed led me to push myself to experience life at a maximum pace. If I were going… — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling… — Elizabeth Gilbert Afraid of change Copy Share Image
Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere… — Elizabeth Gilbert Expectations Copy Share Image
It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still… — Elizabeth Gilbert Couture Copy Share Image
When you want to do something creative and you want to do something new, you have to start with the thing that's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
He looks at you like you're someone he's never met before, much less someone he once loved with high passion. The irony… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I share it here because something was about to occur on that bathroom floor that would change forever the progression of my… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You are here and you are allowed to be here and therefore you are allowed to make decisions about yourself and the… — Elizabeth Gilbert About yourself Copy Share Image
“Marriage is a game. They (the anxious and powerful) set the rules. We (the ordinary and subversive) bow obediently before those rules.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
I had long ago learned that when you are the giant, alien visitor to a remote and foreign culture it is sort… — Elizabeth Gilbert Aliens Copy Share Image
“She felt listless, tragic, and slightly murderous. She was irritable and prickly with exactly those people who were the kindest to her.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I'm considered a difficult girl. I have a reputation for needing to be told a good reason to do something before I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Mostly you meet friends when traveling by accident, like by sitting next to them on the train, or in a restaurant, or… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accidents Copy Share Image
“The emotional place where a marriage begins is not nearly as important as the emotional place where a marriage finds itself toward… — Elizabeth Gilbert Commitment Copy Share Image
Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“One must bear what cannot be escaped," she told Alma, as she rubbed clean her face. "You will not die of your… — Elizabeth Gilbert Grief Copy Share Image
“And love is always complicated. But still humans most try to love each other, darling. We must get out hearts broken sometimes.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Heart breaks Copy Share Image
You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Beautiful 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
I'm so excited about school. I'm such a shameless student. I laid my clothes out last night, just like I did before… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
![“When it seemed like I was going to really have to be there at Todd's [Willingham] execution, I don't think I could have done it. I think I began to distance myself. I didn't visit as often; I didn't write as often. This was kind of after my conversation with [fire science expert] Gerald Hurst. And…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/elizabeth-gilbert-131_accidents_when-it-seemed-like-i-was-going-to-reall_469750.jpg)
