Elizabeth Gilbert quotes - page 10

There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much of my life to writing, and have therefore neglected other aspects of my being. View quote
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When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities and talents - I sometimes feel as though we are all mice in a giant experimental maze, scurrying around frantically, trying to find our way through. View quote
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I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I'm more likely to offer them than to have them. I think this is one of the reasons why I get to live longer than my great-grandmother did, and why I get to produce more writing than she did, and why my marriage isn't in dire straits. View quote
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I am alone, I am all alone, I am completely alone. Grasping this reality, I let go of my bag, drop to my knees, and press my forehead against the floor. There I offer up to the universe a fervent prayer of thanks. View quote
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I walk up the stairs to my fourth-floor apartment, all alone. View quote
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Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave. View quote
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I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. View quote
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It's a simple and generous rule of life that whatever you practice, you will improve at. View quote
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Your treasure - your perfection - is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart. View quote
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The Bhagavad Gita--that ancient Indian Yogic text--says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, there are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge? View quote
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Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. View quote
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The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. View quote
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If I am truly to become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian... I not only have to become my own husband, but I need to be my own father, too. View quote
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Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy. View quote
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Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. View quote
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You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures. View quote
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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? View quote
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It seems to me that the less I fight my fear, the less it fights back. If I can relax, fear relaxes, too. View quote
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Done is better than good. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Anyhow, the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me. View quote
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Fear--who cares? View quote
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God waited me out. View quote
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And love is always complicated. But still humans most try to love each other, darling. We must get out hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something. View quote
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