Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?
ELIZABETH GILBERTYou might get nothing out of it at all except a beautiful, long life where all you did was follow your gorgeous curiosity. And that should be enough too.
More Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
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You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
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In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real.
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Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of your mouth, exhausting you and filling the world with words, words, words instead of serenity, peace and bliss.
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I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.
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Well, just remember–all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave.
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Everything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)
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Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.
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My life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you
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Who amongst us lives without sacrifice?
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A man that can cook you a proper meal that is like a weekday meal – which I think cannot be better than in the form of a roast chicken – that’s the greatest.
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Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
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Desperate love is always the toughest way to do it.
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Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.
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I am the planet’s most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle.
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A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner-continually and stubbornly bringing forth the jewels that are hidden within you-is a fine art, in and of itself.
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