Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

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 who's like,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“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…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert