I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.
ELIZABETH GILBERTEverything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)
More Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
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But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.
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In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling devastated when they refuse to perform the role we created in the first place.
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Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?
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I can see how the authorities could not like Todd [ Willingham], because he’s not a person who is going to give you respect if you don’t deserve it just because you say something.
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If Todd [Willingham] was guilty of anything, it was just his self-preservation. He got up and ran out of the house and then thought about the children after the fact.
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I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights but also devote myself to God.
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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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You 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.
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Mistakes will be made. Failure will occur. You pick yourself up and carry on.
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Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
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My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life and discovered that despite how lazy and inattentive I was as a child, I had managed to accidentally learn quite a bit about gardening.
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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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Success isn’t about acquiring things, it’s about discovering your life purpose and following the call
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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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You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
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