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.
ELIZABETH GILBERTWho amongst us lives without sacrifice?
More Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
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The reality, certainly in my life, is that we all have love stories that go terribly wrong; we all have horribly broken hearts. And somehow we endure. We’re not destroyed by it.
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You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
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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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Desperate love is always the toughest way to do it.
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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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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 am the planet’s most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle.
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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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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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Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.
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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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My life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you
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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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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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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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