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.”
ELIZABETH GILBERTNever forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.
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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Success isn’t about acquiring things, it’s about discovering your life purpose and following the call
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My life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you
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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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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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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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Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.
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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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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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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 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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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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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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