I believe in a magnificent God. Elizabeth Gilbert More Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert More Quotes From Elizabeth Gilbert Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender Elizabeth Gilbert dear-lord forgiveness needs I'm an enormous product of my century, I'm a product of my upbringing. I was not aware of the fact that I was entering marriage with the highest set of expectations that humans have ever brought to the institution. It was really good to find that out. It doesn't have to be the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, the moon and the stars - it can just be the moon. It's enough that it just can be what it is. Elizabeth Gilbert stars moon expectations You are here and you are allowed to be here and therefore you are allowed to make decisions about yourself and the people in your life; rather than sort of backing up and making sure it's okay with everybody at every turn. Elizabeth Gilbert about-yourself decision people I feel like if I were to get another tattoo, it would probably be those two words. Just stubborn, stubborn, stubborn gladness. Elizabeth Gilbert stubborn tattoo two Marriage is an ongoing, centuries-long social experiment that is mostly controlled by the individuals in the relationships who insist on determining what the relationship terms are going to be. And that's why the terms of marriage change with every century and decade. We're shaping it from the inside. Marriage endures because it evolves. Obviously it does. None of us would accept marriage on its 13th century terms, not even the most conservative people... Elizabeth Gilbert doe long people There's a lot of disorder that comes along with wanting to know everything and wanting to try everything and wanting to experience everything, but there's a lot of knowledge that comes out of it too. Elizabeth Gilbert disorder knows trying David was catnip and kryptonite to me. Elizabeth Gilbert kryptonite Teach your heart that this is destiny Elizabeth Gilbert teach destiny heart When it comes to women, get your life together first. Put on your own oxygen mask first. Figure out who you are. Mature. And then go find somebody to share that life with. Elizabeth Gilbert oxygen together firsts I'm afraid many women do choose the wedding over the marriage. It seems a steep price to pay, but it comes from a place of deep, sad longing to be loved and to have it proven that you are of value. Elizabeth Gilbert steep longing pay Oh my God, baby, you are in so much trouble. Elizabeth Gilbert trouble baby We set up one rule in our house, which is, 'Guests of guests cannot bring guests.' That rule was required because that happened one weekend, and we finally said, 'Okay, you know what? That's a little too much.' Elizabeth Gilbert weekend guests house I'm not a big Austen reader. I wouldn't say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot. Elizabeth Gilbert desert bigs islands Someone asked me if I would like to write a man on death row, be a pen pal, and I was like, sure. I volunteered. I had been in a place in my life - a relationship had ended; my parents were getting elderly - I was kind of adrift. The name that was given to me, just randomly, was Todd Willingham. And he wrote me a letter, and in this letter, he thanked me for writing him and [said that] if I would like to visit, he would put me on his visitor list... I was just really struck by the letter from Todd. It was very polite; it was very kind. Elizabeth Gilbert elderly writing men When it seemed like I was going to really have to be there at Todd's [Willingham] execution, I don't think I could have done it. I think I began to distance myself. I didn't visit as often; I didn't write as often. This was kind of after my conversation with [fire science expert] Gerald Hurst. And the [car] accident made sure that I didn't have to go up there. But I think he and I both shared that. Elizabeth Gilbert distance writing thinking Most of us, even if only for two minutes in our lives, have experienced at some time or another an inexplicable and random sense of complete bliss, unrelated to anything that was happening in the outside world. Elizabeth Gilbert bliss two world Returning to writing fiction after 13 years away from it. Returning to the rootstock of my whole life as a writer. It's what I had wanted to be for my entire life, since I can remember, since my particular time immemorial. It's how I got my start as a writer. Elizabeth Gilbert writing fiction years Keep showing up for your side of the job and give genius a chance to do its part. Elizabeth Gilbert persistence your-side jobs Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. So that might be creativity, family, invention, adventure, faith, service, it might be raising corgies, I don't know - Your home is that thing to which you can dedicate your energies with such singular devotion that the ultimate results become inconsequential. Elizabeth Gilbert love-you motivational adventure To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position. Elizabeth Gilbert longing shows clever
