“ Alma knelt in the tall grass and brought her face as near as she could to the stone. And there, rising no more than an inch above the surface of the boulder, she saw a great and tiny forest. Nothing m… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Alma had grown as tall as a man by now, with broad shoulders. ... This need not have necessarily precluded her from marriage. Some men liked a larger woman, who promised a stronger disposition, and Al… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ When I don't know what I'm doing, I look like I don't know what I'm doing. When I'm excited or nervous, I look excited or nervous. And when I am lost, which is frequently, I look lost. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Pardon me, sir, Prudence said, directing her words and her placid gaze precisely at Professor Peck, if I understand you correctly, it seems you have identified the different textures of human hair as… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The fun part (the part where it doesn’t feel like work at all) is when you’re actually creating something wonderful, and everything’s going great, and everyone loves it, and you’re flying high. But su… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ To my sister's eyes, there is nothing which cannot be explained if one has access to a proper reference library. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The child is taught form earliest consciousness that she has these four brothers with her in the world wherever she goes, and that they will always look after her. The brothers inhabit the four virtue… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ He had heard especially promising things about Philadelphia--the lively capital of that young nation. It was said to be a city with a good-enough shipping port, central to the eastern coast of the cou… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ When I was nineteen years old, I discovered a collection of books in the Harvard library written by Jacob Boehme. Do you know of him?Naturally she knew of him. She had her own copies of these works in… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Inimesed kujutavad ette, et hingesugulane on keegi, kellega sa täiuslikult kokku klapid, ja seda ju igaüks endale ihkab. Aga tõeline hingesugulane on hoopis peegel, inimene, kes näitab sulle kõike sed… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ In all of our lives, there are days that we wish we could see expunged from the record of our very existence. Perhaps we long for that erasure because a particular day brought us such splintering sorr… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ This food won't be wasted; after the offering ceremony, Balinese families are always allowed to eat their own donations to the gods, since the offering is more metaphysical than literal. The way the B… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Italian men are beautiful in the same way as French women, which is to say - no detail spared in the quest for perfection. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I don't sit around waiting for passion to strike me. I keep working steadily, because I believe it is our privilege as humans to keep making things. Most of all, I keep working because I trust that cr… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress. Don't fall for it, my dear. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy from most Italians. In any reference to George Bush, people only nod to Berlusco… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Para hallar el equilibrio que buscas te tienes que convertir en esto. Debes tener los pies tan firmemente plantados en la tierra que parezca que tienes cuatro piernas en lugar de dos. De este modo pod… Elizabeth Gilbert
