“ When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you've just wandered off the path, that you'll find y… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ If I love you, I will carry for you all your pain, I will assume for you all your debts (in every definition of the word), I will protect you from your own insecurity, I will protect upon you all sort… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assump… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the st… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can fin… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about the French, based upon movies, rumors, recent headlines, unfortunate run-… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ When you set out in the world to help yourself,sometimes you end up helping Tutti. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Try saying this: I enjoy my creativity. And when you say it, be sure to actually mean it. For one thing, it will freak people out. I believe that enjoying your work with all your heart is the only tru… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There’s only one part of a man’s anatomy that any potential mate should worry about measuring, and that is the length of his vasopressin receptor gene. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I’m far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet re… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Inspiration will always try its best to work with you—but if you are not ready or available, it may indeed choose to leave you and to search for a different human collaborator. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ In stillness, I watched myselfget eaten by mosquitoes... the itch was maddening at first but eventually it just melded into a general burning feeling and i rode that heat to a mld euphoria. I allowed… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Failure has a function. It asks you whether you really want to go on making things. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But truly there were times when the sadness of this world was scarcely to be endured, Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But truly there were times when the sadness of this world was scarcely to be endured, and the violence of love, Alma thought, was sometimes the most pitiless violence of all. Her Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Because creativity is mystical doesn’t mean it shouldn’t also be demystified—especially if it means liberating artists from the confines of their own grandiosity, panic, and ego. Elizabeth Gilbert
