There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.
ELIZABETH GILBERTIf we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary and eternal life force that surges and ebbs around us all the time? Apparently not. Because we have stopped paying attention.
More Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
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You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
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Who amongst us lives without sacrifice?
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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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Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying “Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding.
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Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?
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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.
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My life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you
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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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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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I think of modern marriage as a car strangely fashioned out of an old abandoned horse carriage, built upon the framework of a mule cart. All the original engineering is still there, underneath it all.
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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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Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being.
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Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
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Everything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)
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The six elements of her Fail Proof Broken-Heart Curing Treatment: “Vitamin E, get much sleep, drink much water, travel to a place far away from the person you loved, meditate and teach your heart that this is destiny.
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