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.
ELIZABETH GILBERTYou have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
More Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
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My life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you
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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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Who amongst us lives without sacrifice?
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Everything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)
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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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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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But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.
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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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Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being.
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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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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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Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.
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If 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.
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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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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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