Quotes from Elizabeth Gilbert

There is something magnificent about encouraging someone to step forward into his own self-respect

Another woman, though, who has managed to keep her vibrant career thriving even with three kids, and who sometimes takes her children with her on overseas business trips, said, "Just go for it. It's not that hard. You just have to push against all the forces that tell you what you can't do anymore now that you're a mom.

I believe I have a certain darkness within me, that nobody can see. It's always in there, far out of reach. And being with all those different men - it satisfies that darkness.

pareció que no hacía daño a nadie. Y, en todo caso, en la vida de una mujer llega un momento en que se cansa de sentirse culpable todo el rato. A partir de ese momento, es libre de convertirse en quien de verdad es.

I soon noticed that there was nothing haphazard about her clothing; it was all in keeping with a particular style that I might call "Little Lord Fauntleroy meets French salon hostess.

The 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

Every day that you are aboard, son, defend your health with vigorous exercise.

there came a point in my life when I stopped doing this—when I stopped responding to life's challenges with floods of tears. Because really, there is no dignity in it. These days, I am the sort of tough-skinned old battle-ax who would rather stand dry-eyed and undefended in the most hostile underbrush of truth than degrade herself and everyone else by collapsing into a swamp of manipulative tears.

She saw that Matavai Bay had become, in the hushed and balmy night, as smooth as a mirror. The entire canopy of stars above her was reflected perfectly in the water, as though there were two heavens now: one above, one below. The silence and purity of this was formidable. The beach felt heavy with presences. Had Ambrose ever seen such a thing while he was here? Two heavens, in one night? Had he ever felt this dread and wonderment, this sense of both loneliness and presence?

Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering. Then, let go.

Sometimes people just need to think about something else.

I had only asked writing to be interesting. And it was always interesting to me. Even when I couldn't do it right, it was still interesting to me. It still interests me. Nothing has ever interested me more. That profound sense of interest kept me working

A sad-faced Russian woman tells us she's treating herself to Italian lessons because I think I deserve something beautiful.

You need a droughtbreaker, baby. Gotta go find yo'self a rainmaker.

Never put away your labors while the sun is high, Alma, with the hopes of finding more hours to work tomorrow—for you shall never have any more extra time tomorrow than you had today, and once you have fallen behindhand in your responsibilities, you will never catch up." So

People have a strange trust in their devils, indeed.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender.

had a husband once. He played the saxophone." "Oh, dear. So we may assume that didn't last?

By all means, do not let me or anyone else ever take away your suffering, if you're committed to it!

Los devotos del mundo entero practican sus ritos sin tener garantizado que les sirva de nada.

Most of all, I keep working because I trust that creativity is always trying to find me, even when I have lost sight of it.

for all my days, as a raft against the winds and sorrows of the world. Whosoever wishes to board my raft may do so. I do not force anyone to come aboard, you see, but how can I abandon the raft? My good

Mercifullym my dear Edna, said Peg, I do not remember anything I have ever said in my entire life.

Pero si pudiera hacerme unos pantalones con la hierba de este jardín lo haría