“ They come upon me all silent and menacing like Pinkerton Detectives, and they flank me—Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don’t need to show me their badges. I know these guys very we… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There’s no trouble in this world so serious that it can’t be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey and the Book of Common Prayer. For some people, that’s truly enough. For others, more drastic mea… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There's no dishonor in having a job. What is dishonorable is scaring away your creativity by demanding that it pay for your entire existence. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There were times when she looked up from her labors to ask her mother a question - looking over to the chair where Beatrix had always sat - and was startled by the nothingness to be found there. It wa… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There is a level of grief so deep that it stops resembling grief at all. The pain becomes so severe that the body can no longer feel it. The grief cauterizes itself, scars over, prevents inflated feel… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Then my mercy swelled, and for just a moment I felt mercy for everyone who has ever gotten involved in an impossibly messy story. All those predicaments that we humans find ourselves in - predicaments… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is a universal sympathy all around us… When we cease all argument… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The poet Jack Gilbert (no relation, sadly for me) wrote that marriage is what happens between the memorable. He said that we often look back on our marriages years later, perhaps after one spouse has… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the human being's difficulty in coming to viruous balance with himself. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The field of honor is a painful field...(It) is not a place where children can play. Children don't have any honor, you see, and they aren't expected to, because it's too difficult for them. It's too… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very few people... would accept marriage on it's thirteenth-century terms.… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The English travel writer Isabel Bird, famous for her cool and detached prose, seemed scarcely able to keep from exclaiming hubba-hubba as she checked out the rugged men she kept encountering on her t… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn sick, crazy and depleted not to mention resentful of the dealer who e… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of uninterrupted years, they are correct, but in only one… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ So this, I believe, is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you? Elizabeth Gilbert
“ So the question is not so much What are you passionate about? The question is What are you passionate enough about that you can endure even the most disagreeable aspects of the work. Elizabeth Gilbert
