Quotes from Elizabeth Gilbert

Take seriously. Make punctual. Be cool and easy. Remember—everything you do, you do for God. And everything God does, He do for you.

Nunca olvides que una vez, en el momento más inesperado, te viste a ti misma como una amiga.

Ideas of every kind are constantly galloping towards us, constantly passing through us, constantly trying to get our attention. Let them know you are available.

you are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own.

She's got this ability to shut me up when I start fretting over metaphysical questions, such as, "What is the nature of the universe?

Estar con cuatro pies en la tierra, una cabeza hecha de follaje, mirando el mundo con el corazón.

creative living is a path for the brave. We

Que quantidade incrível de fatores constitui um único ser humano! Em quantas camadas nós funcionamos, e que quantidade de influências recebemos de nossas mentes, corpos, histórias, famílias, cidades, almas e almoços!

Without bravery' he instructed' they would never be able to realize the vautling scopes of their own capacities. Without bravery they would never know the world as richly as it longs to be known. Without bravery their lives would remain small far smaller than they probably wanted their lives to be.

Then there was a pop-surprise bonus side order brought over by the waitress for free—a serving of fried zucchini blossoms with a soft dab of cheese in the middle (prepared so delicately that the blossoms probably didn't even notice they weren't on the vine anymore).

For one thing, it will freak people out. I believe that enjoying your work with all your heart is the only truly subversive position left to take as a creative person these days. It's such a gangster move, because hardly anybody ever dares to speak of creative enjoyment aloud, for fear of not being taken seriously as an artist. So say it. Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.

Robert Burton, on how to survive melancholy: "Be not solitary, be not idle.")

1950s. It was on the rooftop of our little bridal boutique that I learned this truth: when women are gathered together with no men around, they don't have to be anything in particular; they can just be.

at any given moment, and that night, going back to

universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt to uncover those jewels—that's creative living. The courage to go on that hunt in the first place—that's what separates a mundane existence from a more enchanted one. The often surprising results of that hunt—that's what I call Big Magic.

We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.")

Me asusta un poco, pero también me deja asombrada. No sé qué hacer, así que tengo un diálogo interno con la energía. Le digo: «Creo en ti» y me responde magnificándose, aumentando de volumen.

Alma learned that her father drank out of bottles in the evening, and that those bottles sometimes contained danger (raised voices; banishment), but could also contain miracles—such

Remain open. Trust in the miraculous truth that new and marvelous ideas are looking for human collaborators every single day.

What's your favorite flavor of shit sandwich?

If there is one indignity I shall never endure gracefully, it is watching people mess around with my most cherished personal narratives about them.

Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.

Stop treating your anxiety like it's a tired, old, unhappy, marriage (a grind, a drag) and start regarding it with the eyes of a passionate lover.

Your creative work is not your baby; if anything, you are its baby. Everything I have ever written has brought me into being. Every project has matured me in a different way. I am