I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.
ELIZABETH GILBERTI never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.
More Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
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Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?
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Mistakes will be made. Failure will occur. You pick yourself up and carry on.
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Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being.
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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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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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Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.
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Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
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Who amongst us lives without sacrifice?
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My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life and discovered that despite how lazy and inattentive I was as a child, I had managed to accidentally learn quite a bit about gardening.
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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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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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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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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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My life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you
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Desperate love is always the toughest way to do it.
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