“Raising a child is the very definition of ambivalence. I am overwhelmed at times by how something can simultaneously be so awful… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ambivalence Copy Share Image
My heart skipped a beat and then flat-out tripped over itself and fell on its face. Then my heart stood up, brushed… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The world needs women who stop asking for permission from the principal. Permission to live their lives as they deeply know they… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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
“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 Fortune Copy Share Image
My heart was broken so badly last time that it still hurts. Isn't that crazy? To still have a broken heart almost… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In 1954, Pope Pius XI, of all people, sent some Vatican delegates on a trip to Libya with these written instructions: "Do… — Elizabeth Gilbert Infidel Copy Share Image
“Lapse saamine on umbes nagu oma näo tätoveerimine. Sa pead ikka raudselt kindel olema, et see on just see, mida sa tahad.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Amor Copy Share Image
in stillness, I watched myselfget eaten by mosquitoes... the itch was maddening at first but eventually it just melded into a general… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK?… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ancient Copy Share Image
“My own sober dating plan is approximately three pages long, and it includes such items as “NO WEEKLONG FIRST DATES.” My plan… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
“There's a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“only those who live in the wilderness can recognize the central truth of existence, which is that death lives right beside us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Death Copy Share Image
“So tonight I reach for my journal again. This is the first time I’ve done this since I came to Italy. What… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter in the least. Let people have their opinions. More than that—let people be in love with their opinions, just… — Elizabeth Gilbert Creative work Copy Share Image
How much do you love me?' and "Who's in charge?" …these two questions of LOVE and CONTROL undo us ALL, trip us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“This was simply not enough hours. This left far too many remaining hours free, and free hours were dangerous. Free hours created… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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
Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to bring forth the state of peace that we each inherently posses merely by his presence… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ability Copy Share Image
“They come upon me all silent and menacing like Pinkerton Detectives, and they flank me—Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Third, nobody ever really listens to anybody else's complaints, anyhow, because we're all too focused on our own holy struggle, so basically… — Elizabeth Gilbert Brick wall Copy Share Image
“I believe that many modern women, my mother included, carry within them a whole secret New England cemetery, wherein they have quietly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to. My… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Loneliness watches and sights, then climbs into my bed and pulls the covers over... himself, fully dressed, shoes and all. He’s going… — Elizabeth Gilbert Loneliness 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 Greenland Copy Share Image
“Where there is life, George, there is hope. Death is so terribly final. It will come soon enough to us all. I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Death Copy Share Image
You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from… — Elizabeth Gilbert Angry Copy Share Image
For if there is one thing I have learned over the years about men, it is that feelings of powerlessness do not… — Elizabeth Gilbert Feelings Copy Share Image
“I want to have a lasting experience of God,” I told him. “Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Desires Copy Share Image
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I love my pizza so much, in fact, that I have come to believe in my delirium that my pizza might actually… — Elizabeth Gilbert Affair Copy Share Image
This person had arrived, he had illuminated her, he had ensorcelled her with notions of miracle and beauty, he had both understood… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Buddhism Copy Share Image
I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there was a man named Jack Gilbert, who was not related to me—unfortunately for me. Jack Gilbert was… — Elizabeth Gilbert Gilbert Copy Share Image
My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“When I was nineteen years old, I discovered a collection of books in the Harvard library written by Jacob Boehme. Do you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Book-title Copy Share Image
“Send him some love and light every time you think about him, and then drop it. You're just afraid to let go… — Elizabeth Gilbert Breakups Copy Share Image
