Elizabeth Gilbert: Trending quotes (page 10)

“We have hands; we can stand on them if we want to. That's our privilege. That's the joy of a mortal body. And that's why God needs us. Because God loves to feel things through our hands.”

“If something is rubbing so hard against you, you can be sure it's working on you.”

“True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.”

“if I am not actively creating something, then I am probably actively destroying something”

“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.”

“David was catnip and kryptonite to me.”

“Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see the truth, no matter who tries to help them.”

“living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.”

“Who will ever kiss this encyclopedia of a head?”

“The appreciation of pleasure can be the anchor of humanity.”

“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.”

“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”

“What do you love doing so much that the words failure and success essentially become irrelevant?”

“What kind of dog is that?" I would always give the same answer: "She's a brown dog." Similarly, when the question is raised, "What kind of God do you believe in?" my answer is easy: "I believe in a magnificent God.”

“All transformation appears to be motivated by desperation and emergency.”

“Equally disquieting are the times when we do make a choice, only to later feel as though we have murdered some other aspect of our being by settling on one single concrete decision.”

“A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake.”

“What Richard is talking about is instead admitting to the existence of negative thoughts, understanding where they came from and why they arrived, and then - with great forgiveness and fortitude - dismissing them.”

“A lovely evening of new idioms and fresh mozzarella.”