“ He became a poet the way other men become monks: as a devotional practice, as an act of love, and as a lifelong commitment to the search for grace and transcendence. I Elizabeth Gilbert
“ For some reason, I feel the same way about you that I felt about my kids when they were small - that it wasn't their job to love me, it was my job to love them. You can decide to feel however you want… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Even if you are eighty years old, or a lesbian, or a strident feminist, or a nun, or an eighty-year-old strident feminist lesbian nun who has never been married and never intends to get married, the p… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ En un mundo de posibilidades tan variadas, la indecision nos puede dejara paralizados Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Embrace the creativity and don't care about the result. It's better to be a beginner till the end of the life than waiting forever to be perfect. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ El ayer pudo ser glorioso, ciertamente, pero mañana puedo verme convertida en un almacén de fuegos artificiales. Incluso en la Ciudad Eterna, nos dice el silencioso mausoleo, uno ha de estar siempre d… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Do you know what I believe, Miss Whittaker? Regarding your question on the origins of human compassion and self-sacrifice? I believe that evolution explains nearly everything about us, and I certainly… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying, 'Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I am voicing in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding.' There is a… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But we are not what the other one needs, still he is certain that I will find great love in my life someday. He is sure of it. After all, he says, beauty attracts beauty. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But inspiration is still sitting there right beside me, and it is trying. Inspiration is trying to send me messages in every form it can—through dreams, through portents, through clues, through coinci… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But in our wholeness, we became overly proud. In our pride, we neglected to worship the gods. The mighty Zeus punished us for our neglect by cutting all the double-headed, eight-limbed, perfectly cont… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But he [Depression] just gives me that dark smile, settles into my favorite chair, puts his feet on my table and lights a cigar, filling the place with his awful smoke. Loneliness watches and sighs, t… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I might become if I'm not careful: Crazy Aunt Liz. The divorcee in… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ As I got older, I discovered that nothing within me cried out for a baby. My womb did not seem to have come equipped with that famously ticking clock. Unlike so many of my friends, I did not ache with… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ And always remember that people's judgements about you are none of your business. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ All human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. 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… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ After a certain age, time just drizzles down upon your head like rain in the month of March: you’re always surprised at how much of it can accumulate, and how fast. Elizabeth Gilbert
