“ Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The more unsettled and unbalanced we feel, the more quickly and recklessly we are likely to fall in love. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Dar aici este diferenta dintre mintile noastre, draga mea. Eu vreau sa ajung la revelatie purtat de aripi, in timp ce tu inaintezi statornic pe jos, cu lupa in mana. Eu sunt un ratacitor nestatornic,… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ That competition and the struggle for existence is the mechanism behind this state of perpetual change. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosi… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But doesn't that make sense? That the infinite would be, indeed... infinite? That even the most holy amongst us would only be able to see scattered pieces of the eternal picture at any given time? And… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Liz: What's it like in hell?Ketut: Same like heaven. Universe is a circle, Liss. To up, to down -- all same, at end.Liz: Then how can you tell the difference between heaven and hell?Ketut: Because of… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I filled the song with everything I wished I could teach him about life. I tried to reassure him with every line about how the world is hard and unfair sometimes, but that it's all OK beacuse he is so… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ How many people have I heard claim their children as the greatest accomplishment and comfort of their lives? It's the thing they can always lean on during a metaphysical crisis, or a moment of doubt a… 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. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably built my bones over the last few years - I was not rescued by a prince;… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ What all couples have ever wanted, a little bit of privacy in which to practice all manners of love. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, The wise man is always similar to himself. - Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Generally speaking, though, Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure. Ours is an entertainment-seeking nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ At no point in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The rules of transcendence insist that you will not advance even one inch closer to divinity as long as you cling to even one last seductive thread of blame. Elizabeth Gilbert
