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God dwells within you, as you.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
Connecticut
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I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional trademark of my culture to seek happiness. Not just any kind of happiness, either, but profound happiness, even soaring happiness. And what could possibly bring a person more soaring happiness than romantic love.
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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.
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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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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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Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
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What worked yesterday doesn't always work today.
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God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies.
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There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.
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Take me someplace where we can be silent together.
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