“ I saw the apartment almost as a sanatorium, a hospice clinic for my own recovery. I painted the walls in the warmest colors I could find and bought myself flowers every week, as if I were visiting mys… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I felt like I was some kind of primitive spring-loaded machine, placed under far more tension than it had ever been built to sustain, about to blast apart at great danger to anyone standing nearby. I… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But the Greeks and the Romans both believed in the idea of an external daemon of creativity—a sort of house elf, if you will, who lived within the walls of your home and who sometimes aided you in you… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Because I know something that you don't know. I know that this is the worst experience of your life, but I also know that someday you'll move past it and you'll be fine. And helping somebody likej you… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Her solitary nature means she needs a family to keep her from loneliness my gregarious nature means I will never have to worry about being alone... Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There was no better path to autonomy for an ambitious young businesswoman than to be married off to a respectable corpse. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There are always two figures in a marriage, two votes, two conflicting sets of decisions, desires and limitations. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ No outbreak of jealousy or malice has ever been welcomed in God’s eyes. Beatrix continued, nor shall such an outbreak ever be welcomed in the eyes of your family. If you have sentiments within you tha… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Men and women who have lived together over long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with and in themselves. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I've had to keep defining and defending myself as a writer every single day of my adult life -- constantly reminding and re-reminding my soul and the cosmos that I'm very serious about the business of… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing... Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Work with all your heart, because - I promise - if you show up for your work day after day after day after day. you just might get lucky enough some random morning to burst into bloom. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ There's a power struggle going on across Europe these days. A few cities are competing against each other to see who shall emerge as the great 21st century European metropolis. Will it be London? Pari… Elizabeth Gilbert
