I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run you down in the end. Elizabeth Gilbert More Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert More Quotes From Elizabeth Gilbert I won the argument against the knife that night, but barely. I had some other good ideas around that time--about how jumping off a building or blowing my brains out with a gun might stop the suffering. but something about spending a night with a knife in my hand did it. The next morning I called my friend Susan as the sun came up, begged her to help me. I don't think a woman in the whole history of my family had ever done that before, had ever sat in the middle of the road like that and said, in the middle of her life, "I cannot walk another step further--somebody has to help me. Elizabeth Gilbert gun morning night My whole life I've been an over-giver. My general operating policy has always been, 'If it belongs to me, don't worry: You can have it!' Elizabeth Gilbert whole-life giver worry Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much of my life to writing, and have therefore neglected other aspects of my being. Elizabeth Gilbert worry writing book Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance. Elizabeth Gilbert sexy heartbreak love Love renders all of our plans and all of our hopes a gamble. Elizabeth Gilbert plans heartbreak love There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and the Book of Common Prayer. Elizabeth Gilbert glasses prayer book I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check. Elizabeth Gilbert sun rain giving So sadness is a place?' Giovanni asked. 'Sometimes people live there for years,'I said. Elizabeth Gilbert sadness people years True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer. Elizabeth Gilbert giving night life If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith. Elizabeth Gilbert eat-pray-and-love rational definitions I was perfectly happy in my boring life before you came along. Elizabeth Gilbert boring-life boring To feel physically comfortable with someone else's body is not a decision you make. It has very little thing to do with how two people think or act or talk or even look. The mysterious magnet is either there, buried somewhere deep behind the sternum, or it is not. Elizabeth Gilbert decisions-you-make two thinking I have far more enthusiasm in life than I have actual energy. In my excitement, I routinely take on more that I can physically or emotionally handle, which causes me to break down in quite predictable displays of dramatic exhaustion. You will be the one burdened with the job of mopping me up every time I've overextended myself and then fallen apart. This will be unbelievably tedious. I apologize in advance. Elizabeth Gilbert energy enthusiasm jobs Every try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best way to take a toy away from a toddler is distract the kid, give him something else to play with. Instead of trying to forcefully take thoughts out of your mind, give your mind something better to play with. Elizabeth Gilbert play giving kids In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real. Elizabeth Gilbert lovely real art Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. Elizabeth Gilbert addiction love-story stories That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole. Elizabeth Gilbert ego broken feelings But we are not what the other one needs, still he is certain that I will find great love in my life someday. He is sure of it. After all, he says, beauty attracts beauty. Elizabeth Gilbert someday great-love needs I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God. You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light. Elizabeth Gilbert light moving thinking He told me that one of the reasons people are so unhappy is they don't talk to themselves. He said you have to keep a conversation going with yourself throughout your life to see how you're doing, to keep your focus, to remain your own friend. He told me that he talked to himself all the time, and that it helped him to grow stronger and better everyday. Elizabeth Gilbert focus everyday people
