“ I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Go back to bed so that, when the tempest comes, you'll be strong enough to deal with it. And the tempest is coming, dear one. Very soon. But not tonight. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Send him some love and light every time you think about him, and then drop it. You're just afraid to let go of the last bits of David because then you'll really be alone. But here's what you gotta und… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I have never created anything in my life that did not make me feel, at some point or another, like I was the guy who just walked into a fancy ball wearing a homemade lobster costume. But you must stub… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ He said, "Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being a literal anatomy and a poetic anatomy. One, you can see; one, you cannot. One is made… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Creativity is a crushing chore and a glorious mystery. The work wants to be made, and it wants to be made through you. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ One instant, you're just a regular Joe, schlepping through your mundane life, and then suddenly - what is this? - nothing has changed, yet you feel stirred by a grace, swollen with wonder, overflowing… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my bodyand life and money and energy with. I can select what I eat and read and study. I can choose how I’m going to regard unfortu… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ We must all get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ You must learn in life to take things more lightly, my dear. The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But gay marriage is coming to America first and foremost because marriage here is a secular concern, not a religious one. The objection to gay marriage is almost invariably biblical, but nobody's lega… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you to leave? Has he ever walked out and left? No? It's because he doesn't care! He's in… Elizabeth Gilbert
