Elizabeth Gilbert: Trending quotes (page 8)

“Devotion is diligence without assurance”

“I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?”

“Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight.”

“All I could say was, "I don't know what to do." I remember her taking me by the shoulders and looking me in the eye with a calm smile and saying simply, "Tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth.”

“What time has ever been a simple time for those who are living it?”

“My heart skipped a beat and then flat-out tripped over itself and fell on its face. Then my heart stood up, brushed itself off, took a deep breath and announced: "I want a spiritual teacher.”

“Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest?”

“a woman's place is in the kitchen… sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching her husband cook dinner.”

“the great lack of parity between husbands and wives has always been spawned by the disproportionate degree of self-sacrifice that women are willing to make on behalf of those they love.”

“In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted.”

“Oh my God, baby, you are in so much trouble.”

“I wonder if I am capable of being somebody’s sun, somebody’s everything. Am I centered enough now to be the center of somebody else’s life?”

“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)”

“Please go to this pizzeria. Order the margherita pizza with double mozzarella. If you do not eat this pizza when you are in Naples, please lie to me and tell me that you did.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy's distraction.”

“Own your disappointment, acknowledge it for what it is, and move on.”

“If you’re alive, you’re a creative person.”