“ Human beings have been creative beings for a really long time—long enough and consistently enough that it appears to be a totally natural impulse. To put the story in perspective, consider this fact:… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ For here was the hole in Alma’s theory: she could not, for the life of her, understand the evolutionary advantages of altruism and self-sacrifice. If the natural world was indeed the sphere of amoral… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Felipe and I, as we discover to our delight, are a perfectly matched, genetically engineered belly-to-belly success story. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Equally disquieting are the times when we do make a choice, only to later feel as though we have murdered some other aspect of our being by settling on one single concrete decision. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Do you have the courage? Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes. [Author was quoting Jack Gilbert, which he reportedly h… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship—a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. Half of it you have no control over; half of it is absolutely in your hands, and your actions will show mea… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Death—so feared and so dodged—was, once you faced it, the simplest thing going. In order to die, one merely had to stop attempting to live. One merely had to agree to vanish. If Alma simply remained s… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Bravery means doing something scary. Fearlessness means not even understanding what the word scary means. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Because what my gradmother did with her fine coat (the loveliest thing she would ever own) is what all women of that generation (and before) did for their families and their husbands and their childre… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ At no moment in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that it's actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Čini mi se da se u pokušajima meditacije samo svađam sa sobom.- To je samo tvoj ego, koji nastoji zadržati vlast. Drži te u osjećaju podvojenosti, pokušava te uvjeriti da si manjkava, poremećena i usa… Elizabeth Gilbert
