When a man who looks like Yoda hands you a prophecy, you have to respond. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Be brave. Without bravery, you will never know the world as richly as it longs to be known.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Brave Copy Share Image
“Do I have the right to experience pleasure and peace? If so, what would bring me pleasure and peace?” — Elizabeth Gilbert Peace Copy Share Image
“Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?” — Elizabeth Gilbert Bliss Copy Share Image
Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian. — Elizabeth Gilbert Autonomous Copy Share Image
I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water. — Elizabeth Gilbert God Copy Share Image
“It may be that same-sex couples will save the institution of marriage.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only… — Elizabeth Gilbert Buddhism Copy Share Image
Richard didn't even have time to ask if I thought I'd ever amount to anything in this life before I looked him… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I also get that we women in particular must work very hard to keep our fantasies as clearly and cleanly delineated from… — Elizabeth Gilbert Discernment Copy Share Image
“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But we are not what the other one needs, still he is certain that I will find great love in my life… — Elizabeth Gilbert Beauty Copy Share Image
Reality has taught us that no woman can build an honest life without sacrificing something along the way. Deciding what will be… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The other problem with all this swinging through the vines of thought is that you are never where you are. You are… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“It all comes down to one simple question: "Do you want your belly pressed against this person's belly forever--or not?” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am alone, I am all alone, I am completely alone. Grasping this reality, I let go of my bag, drop to… — Elizabeth Gilbert All alone Copy Share Image
I feel like all this stuff that we make: books and art and music, all of it. There's this energy that circles… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
In order for marriage to endure it has to change along with us, and it does that very graciously. And in the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In the end, I’ve come to believe in something I call the ‘physics of the quest’, a force in nature governed by… — Elizabeth Gilbert Adventure Copy Share Image
“We know now that all the people of Polynesia carry taro root and coconut palm and breadfruit with them when they settle… — Elizabeth Gilbert Book-title Copy Share Image
I remember asking myself one night, while I was curled up in the same old corner of my same old couch in… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“You know, I think some people fear that if they like the wrong kind of book, it will reflect poorly on them.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Books Copy Share Image
“I’ve never stood on a piece of ground as throbbingly, even pornographically, generative.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Admittedly, I am not the one who looks fantastic in everything, but still I cannot help loving myself. — Elizabeth Gilbert Admittedly Copy Share Image
Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. — Elizabeth Gilbert Home Copy Share Image
You love new boyfriend?" "I think so. Yes." "Then you must spoil him. And he must spoil you. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage) — Elizabeth Gilbert Adages Copy Share Image
The idea that a prisoner would confess to a complete stranger that he had committed a crime - I just didn't buy… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“the Zen masters always say that you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Reflection Copy Share Image
You may return here once you have fully come to understand that you are always here. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“What life is, we know not. What life does, we know well. —LORD PERCEVAL” — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
“It's all just an instinct and an experiment and a mystery, so begin. Begin anywhere. Preferably right now.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Wayan laughed and kissed her daughter, all the sadness about the divorce suddenly gone from her face.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
If something is rubbing so hard against you, you can be sure it's working on you. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Time Copy Share Image
“No te disculpes por llorar. Sin sentimientos, no somos más que robots” — Elizabeth Gilbert Amor Copy Share Image
