Elizabeth Gilbert: Trending quotes (page 5)

“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.”

“I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God. You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light.”

“We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.”

“This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.”

“There is no choice more intensely personal, after all, than whom you choose to marry; that choice tells us, to a large extent, who you are.”

“I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.”

“You have no idea how strong my love is!”

“Italian men are like show poodles. Sometimes they look so good I want to applaud.”

“You make some big grandoise decision about what you need to do, or who you need to be, and then circumstances arise that immediately reveal to you how little you understood about yourself.”

“The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go.”

“He was powerful and I died of love in his shadow.”

“Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.”

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.”

“Everything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)”

“With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when I would stand there waiting for him to arrive, wondering, Will I still know him? Will he still know me?”

“What worked yesterday doesn't always work today.”

“It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment.”

“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.”

“Life's metaphors are God's instructions.”