Desperate love is always the toughest way to do it.
ELIZABETH GILBERTMy life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you
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Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon?
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Mistakes will be made. Failure will occur. You pick yourself up and carry on.
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I said, “It seems like you have fond feelings toward your ex-wife. Are you two still close?” “Nah,” he said casually. “She thinks I changed my name to Motherfucker.”
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Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.
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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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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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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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I was a writer before ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ and I’ll be a writer after it’s over. It’s what I want to do for the rest of my life.
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You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
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Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
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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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Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn’t be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed into the dark.
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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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Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.
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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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