Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.
ELIZABETH GILBERTGiven that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon?
More Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
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There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.
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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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Everything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)
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Desperate love is always the toughest way to do it.
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I feel like if I were to get another tattoo, it would probably be those two words. Just stubborn, stubborn, stubborn gladness.
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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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Success isn’t about acquiring things, it’s about discovering your life purpose and following the call
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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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Mistakes will be made. Failure will occur. You pick yourself up and carry on.
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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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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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But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.
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Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.
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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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Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?
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