“What would I do if you never came here?' But I was ALWAYS coming here. I thought about one of my favorite… — Elizabeth Gilbert Destiny 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
People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other's personalities. Who wouldn't? Anybody can love the most wonderful… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“It's also important to read the newspaper every day to see how the pope is doing. Here in Rome, the pope's health… — Elizabeth Gilbert Culture-identity Copy Share Image
Lay your wishes aside for a spell, and look deep into what you believe about yourself. Make sure your beliefs about your… — Elizabeth Gilbert About yourself Copy Share Image
It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accidents Copy Share Image
“The Lazio fans always stop [at the bakery] on their way home from the stadium to stand in the street for hours,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Every try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best… — Elizabeth Gilbert Child Copy Share Image
I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how… — Elizabeth Gilbert Affection Copy Share Image
Don't be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be. If your… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“But gay marriage is coming to America first and foremost because marriage here is a secular concern, not a religious one. The… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Moreover, I have boundary issues with men. Or maybe that’s not fair to say. To have issues with boundaries, one must have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Boundaries Copy Share Image
“Za sobom imam povijest prebrzog donošenja odluka po pitanju muškaraca. Uvijek sam se zaljubljivala brzo i bez procjenjivanja rizika. Sklona sam ne… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Choice Copy Share Image
Your problem is you don't understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what… — Elizabeth Gilbert Attention Copy Share Image
Now imagine a life in which every day a person is presented with not two or even three but dozens of choices,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Advantage Copy Share Image
Here was something I already knew to be true about myself: Just as there are some wives who will occasionally need a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings… — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
Then my mother shocked me. She said, " All those things that you want from your relationship, Liz? I have always wanted… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn't want to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Consequence Copy Share Image
“One year, Alma bought Prudence- who liked to draw flowers (beautifully, though not 'accurately')- a lovely book on botanical illustration called "Every… — Elizabeth Gilbert Books Copy Share Image
I was just really appalled, and I really kept quiet until I saw the governor [Rick Perry] get on and repeat the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“And naturally I was reading in the library a few days later from a book about the Indian saint Sri Ramakrishna, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Beloved Copy Share Image
When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Being alone Copy Share Image
“He showed me a sketch he'd drawn once during meditation. It was an androgynous human figure, standing up, hands clasped in prayer.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy. Because of this extraordinary consciousness and this great ability… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ability Copy Share Image
“I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life;… — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
He told me that one of the reasons people are so unhappy is they don't talk to themselves. He said you have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Communication Copy Share Image
“I've realized that one of the most unkind things I can do to somebody is to put them on a pedestal because… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
every healthy marriage is composed of walls and windows. The windows are the aspects of your relationship that are open to the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The little fishing boat anchors right off the shore of Gili Meno. There are no docks here on this island. You have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
People will always want intimacy with one chosen person and you cannot have intimacy without privacy, which is why couples draw circles… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I became one of those annoying people who always say Ciao! Only I was extra annoying, since I would always explain where… — Elizabeth Gilbert Annoying people Copy Share Image
“My friend Bob, who is both a student of Yoga and a neuroscientist, told me that he was always agitated by this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Faith Copy Share Image
Women have always been more critical of marriage than men. The great mysterious irony of it is - at least it's the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“We were talking the other evening about the phrases one uses when trying to comfort someone who is in distress. I told… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better place Copy Share Image
I still can’t say whether I ever want children….I can only say how I feel now--grateful to be on my own. I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Baby Copy Share Image
“Only through constant focus can you become independent. Only through independence can you know yourself. And only through knowing yourself will you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Focus Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, the object of your adoration has now become repulsed by you. He looks at you like you're someone he's never met… — Elizabeth Gilbert Check yourself Copy Share Image
“We all spend our twenties and thirties trying so hard to be perfect, because we’re so worried about what people will think… — Elizabeth Gilbert Thirties Copy Share Image
![“The Lazio fans always stop [at the bakery] on their way home from the stadium to stand in the street for hours, leaning up against their motorcycles, talking about the game, looking macho as anything, and eating cream puffs. I love Italy.” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/elizabeth-gilbert-131_fans_the-lazio-fans-always-stop-at-the-bakery_2319677.jpg)
![“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives have the potential to breed their own brand of trouble. We are susceptible to emotional uncertainties and neuroses that are probably not very…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/elizabeth-gilbert-131_choice_and-while-we-do-have-possibilities-that_30637.jpg)
![“Then my mother shocked me. She said, " All those things that you want from your relationship, Liz? I have always wanted those things too." [She] showed me the handful of bullets she'd had to bite over the decades in order to stay happily married (and she was happily married...) to my father. "You…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/elizabeth-gilbert-131_bullets_then-my-mother-shocked-me-she-said-all-t_3072779.jpg)
![“I was just really appalled, and I really kept quiet until I saw the governor [Rick Perry] get on and repeat the same words that the prosecution had used in the penalty phase: that he [Todd Willingham] was a monster. And that got me to get on to the computer and connect with some of the media and…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/elizabeth-gilbert-131_appalled_i-was-just-really-appalled-and-i-really_3201356.jpg)
