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I think I deserve something beautiful.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.
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The thing that I do try to convey is, don't do what I did - but ask what I asked.
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Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
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Nobody wants to do it - not real change, not soul change, not the painful molecular change required to truly become who you need to be. Nobody ever does real transformation for fun. Nobody ever does it on a dare. You do it only when your back is so far against the wall that you have no choice anymore.
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It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us.
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Sometimes out hearts are broken so new light can get in.
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Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams.
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