Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth M. Gilbertis an American author, essayist, short story writer, biographer, novelist, and memoirist. She is best known for her 2006 memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, which as of December 2010 has spent 199 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and which was also made into a film by the same name in 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 July 1969
CityWaterbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
conclusion continue elasticity lifetime order
Part of the elasticity that you need, in order to continue to try to create, is the foregone conclusion that not all of it is going to be fabulously successful. But it's all going to be part of a long lifetime body of experimentation.
assemble life pages sad thousands
You know, why at the end of your life should you assemble thousands of pages of 'Why am I so sad, why am I so depressed?' Instead, assemble thousands of pages of why you're so content.
happy-life order four
the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and (I love this one) poetry.
happy-life simple surrender
To be prosperous and happy in life, Henry, it is simple. Pick one woman, pick it well, and surrender.
boring boring-life
I was perfectly happy in my boring life before you came along.
love-of-my-life great-true-love
traveling is the great true love of my life
worry giver whole-life
My whole life I've been an over-giver. My general operating policy has always been, 'If it belongs to me, don't worry: You can have it!'
life giving-up desire
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it because I get distracted by my petty desires and fears. I want to be with God all the time. But I don't want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures. I guess what I want to learn is how to leave in this world and enjoy its delights, but also elevate myself to God.
eye said this-life
Richard didn't even have time to ask if I thought I'd ever amount to anything in this life before I looked him eye to eye and said, "I already have, mister.
bliss chasing whole-life
I wondered, "Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?
believe i-believe this-life
What do I believe that I deserve in this life?
mother baby love-of-my-life
Traveling is the great true love of my life... I am loyal and constant in my love of travel. I feel about travel the way a happy new mother feels about her impossible, colicky, restless newborn baby - I just don't care what it puts me through. Because I adore it. Because it's mine. Because it looks exactly like me.
life night giving
True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.
loneliness being-single single-life
But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.