Elizabeth Gilbert quotes - page 8

Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it's more like love's shady second cousin who's always borrowing money and can't hold down a job. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Also, I could finally sleep. And this was the real gift, because when you cannot sleep, you cannot get yourself out of the ditch--there's not a chance. View quote
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I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water. View quote
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You love new boyfriend?" "I think so. Yes." "Then you must spoil him. And he must spoil you. View quote
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This is what intimacy does to us over time. That's what a long marriage can do: It causes us to inherit and trade each other's stories. (p.237) View quote
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I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to master it. Then I remembered that line from Jaws and couldn't help smiling: 'We're gonna need a bigger boat. View quote
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Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy's distraction. View quote
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I am not an expert at praying, as you know. But can you please help me? I am in desperate need of help. I don't know what to do. I need an answer. Please tell me what to do... View quote
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So that's it. You have now reached infatuation's fial destination - the complete and merciless devaluation of self. View quote
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If something is rubbing so hard against you, you can be sure it's working on you. View quote
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It's so much easier and cheaper to keep the river uncontaminated in the first place than it is to clean it up again once it's been polluted. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality. Everything here eventually dies; we're just the lucky ones who get to think about this fact every day. View quote
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the only thing you need to do for now is get some rest and take good care of yourself until you do know the answer. View quote
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A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. View quote
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Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment. View quote
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I am a writer today because I learned to love reading as a child - and mostly on account of the Oz books. View quote
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There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight of my female ancestors, all those Swedish farmwives from beyond the grave who were like, 'Go! Go to Naples! Eat more pizza! Go to India, ride an elephant! Do it! Swim in the Indian Ocean. Read those books. Learn a language.' View quote
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People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. View quote
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Religion is for those who don't want to go to hell, and spirituality is for those who have already been there. View quote
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I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today? View quote
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Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that it's actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take a nose dive from what they thought it was going to be. View quote
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There's no reason to keep a piece of furniture in your house that is so sacred and rare that you can't put your feet up on it and a dog can't jump up on it. Likewise, a book that sits on a shelf like a piece of porcelain, only to be admired, never to be read again, is a dead book. View quote
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I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. View quote
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If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand. View quote
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