“ In the end, it seems to me that forgiveness may be the only realistic antidote we are offered in love, to combat the inescapable disappointments of intimacy. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ If the person of most consequence in the world has chosen to prefer us over all others, then we become accustomed to having what we wish for. Wasn’t that the case with you, as well? How can we not fee… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I've spent so much time these last years wondering what I'm supposed to be. A wife? A lover? A celibate? An Italian? A glutton? A traveler? An artist? A Yogi? But I'm not any of these things, at least… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet to come surprises. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I'm considered a difficult girl. I have a reputation for needing to be told a good reason to do something before I will do it. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I would so much rather that you wrote a book in order to entertain yourself than to help me. Or if your subject matter is darker and more serious, I would prefer that you made your art in order to sav… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I won the argument against the knife that night, but barely. I had some other good ideas around that time--about how jumping off a building or blowing my brains out with a gun might stop the suffering… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I think that the difference between a tormented creative life and a tranquil creative life is nothing more than the difference between the word awful and the word interesting. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I tell you, Becker, Henry said, if you make me eat mutton one more night this week, I will have someone shot.He doesn't really have people shot, Alma reassured Mr. Pike, under her breath.I had figured… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I say this with all confidence, because I happen to believe we are all walking repositories of buried treasure. I believe this is one of the oldest and most generous tricks the universe plays on us hu… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I recently read a fabulous blog by a writer named Mark Manson, who said that the secret to finding your purpose in life is to answer this question in total honesty: What's your favorite flavor of shit… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I pause here for a moment to explain exactly what I mean when I say that word, just so people can decide right away how offended they need to get. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said that God does not live in a dogmatic scripture or in a distant throne in the sky, but instead abides very close to us ind… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I happen to believe we are all walking repositories of buried treasure. I believe this is one of the oldest and most generous tricks the universe plays on us human beings, both for its own amusement a… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I had creativity within me that was original; I had a personality within me that was original; I had dreams and perspectives and aspirations within me that were original. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I got letters saying, I detest everything about you, and I got letters saying, You have written my bible. Imagine if I’d tried to create a definition of myself based on any of these reactions. I didn’… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I found that eating alone by the window in a quiet restaurant is one of life’s greatest secret pleasures. Elizabeth Gilbert
