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At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will.

At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will.

Elizabeth Gilbert
The End Of The Day, Care, Ends

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Mom, Dad, Men

My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Husband, Israel, Years
"Leadership Begins With Character". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 21, 2012.

Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Years, Trying, Together

Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about the French, based upon movies, rumors, recent headlines, unfortunate run-ins with Parisian waiters, or... you know... all that unpleasantness surrounding the Vichy regime.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Running, America, Rumor

There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Trying, Exciting, Frustrating

Travel is similar to therapy. You can go to the best psychologist in the world for ten years. If you don't feel like actively shifting anything in your life, there is nothing that person can do to change you.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Travel, Years, World

We were taught to be dependable, responsible, the top of our classes at school, the most organized and efficient babysitters in town, the very miniature models of our hardworking farmer/nurse mother, a pair of junior Swiss Army knives, born to multitask.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Mother, School, Army
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.63, A&C Black

So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of uninterrupted years, they are absolutely correct, but in only one respect-only if they happen to be talking about Judaism.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Religious, Talking, Years
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage”, p.35, A&C Black

I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Fate, Destiny, Long Ago
Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.294, Bloomsbury Publishing

Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Beautiful, Venice, Want
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.100, A&C Black

library is a beautiful old thing

Elizabeth Gilbert
Beautiful, Old Things, Library
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.40, A&C Black

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.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Love, Heartbreak, Choices
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage”, p.25, A&C Black

you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Heart, Humility, Looks
Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.28, Bloomsbury Publishing

I want to learn how to speak Italian. For years, I'd wished I could speak Italian--a language I find more beautiful than roses :)

Elizabeth Gilbert
Beautiful, Italian, Years
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.24, A&C Black

You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Desire, Desire For Success, Recognition
"Thoughts on Writing" by Elizabeth Gilbert, www.elizabethgilbert.com. February 24, 2011.

I wondered, "Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?

Elizabeth Gilbert
Bliss, Chasing, Whole Life
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.190, A&C Black

Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress. Don't fall for it, my dear.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Fall, Thinking, Ego
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.175, A&C Black

Let your conscience be your guide.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Guides, Wish Upon A Star, Animated Movies
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.295, A&C Black

He looks at you like you're someone he's never met before, much less someone he once loved with high passion. The irony is, you can hardly blame him. I mean, check yourself out. You're a pathetic mess, unrecognizable even to your own eyes.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Passion, Mean, Eye
Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.21, Bloomsbury Publishing

I felt like I was some kind of primitive spring-loaded machine, placed under far more tension than it had ever been built to sustain, about to blast apart at great danger to anyone standing nearby. I imagined my body parts flying off my torso in order to escape the volcanic core of unhappiness that had become: me.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Spring, Order, Flying
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.22, A&C Black

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

Elizabeth Gilbert
Self Esteem, Thinking, Resentment
Elizabeth Gilbert (2007). “Eat Pray Love 10th-Anniversary Edition: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia”, p.206, Penguin

I share it here because something was about to occur on that bathroom floor that would change forever the progression of my life..what happened was that I started to pray.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Forever, Bathroom, Praying

Where did you get the idea you aren't allowed to petition the universe with prayer? You are part of this universe, Liz. You're a constituent--you have every entitlement to participate in the actions of the universe, and to let your feelings be known. So, put your opinion out there. Make your case. Believe me--it will at least be taken into consideration.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Prayer, Believe, Taken
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.34, A&C Black

Why must everything be repeat and repeat, never finish, never resting? You work so hard one day, but the next day you must only work again. You eat, but the next day, you are already hungry. You find love, then love goes away. You are born with nothing, you work hard, then you die with nothing. You are young, then you are old. No matter how hard you work, you cannot stop getting old. - Wayan

Elizabeth Gilbert
Hard Work, Next Day, Finding Love
Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.255, A&C Black

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