“ I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I am loyal and constant in my love for travel, as I have not always been loyal and constant in my other loves. I feel about travel the way a happy new mother feels about her impossible, colicky, restl… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I am a child of God, just like anyone else. I am a constituent of this universe. I have invisible spirit benefactors who believe in me, and who labor alongside me. The fact that I am here at all is ev… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Here was something I already knew to be true about myself: Just as there are some wives who will occasionally need a break from their husbands in order to visit a spa for the weekend with their girlfr… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ He realized that failure has a function. It asks you whether you really want to go on making things. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Eventually I may have to become a more solid citizen again, I'm aware of this. But not yet.... Please. Not just yet. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Don't we have the right to not stop seeking until we get as close to the source of wonder as possible? Even if it means coming to India and kissing trees in the moonlight for awhile. 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. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Do what you love to do, and do it with both seriousness and lightness. At least then you will know that you have tried and that--whatever the outcome--you have traveled a noble path. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Creativity is sacred, and it is not sacred. What we make matters enormously, and it doesn’t matter at all. We toil alone, and we are accompanied by spirits. We are terrified, and we are brave. Art is… 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. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Children don’t have any honor, you see, and they aren’t expected to, because it’s too difficult for them. It’s too painful. But to become an adult, one must step into the field of honor. Everything wi… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But whenever I see it happen, I always want to say the same thing. Good luck. Because you still have a woman in front of you, my friend. And you are still a man. It’s still two human beings trying to… Elizabeth Gilbert
