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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.

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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Men

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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.
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If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it.
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Reality has taught us that no woman can build an honest life without sacrificing something along the way. Deciding what will be sacrificed is not easy.
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Take me someplace where we can be silent together.
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I completely respect the ways people are bound in the lives that they have, whether it's because of forces outside of their control or choices that they've made that they want to honor with their own responsibilities and obligations - taking care of people around them or being a part of a community, or their work.
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To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.
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Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.
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I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life.
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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.'
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I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important.
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Keep showing up for your side of the job and give genius a chance to do its part.
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Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.
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My heart skipped a beat and then flat-out tripped over itself and fell on its face. Then my heart stood up, brushed itself off, took a deep breath and announced: I want a spiritual teacher.
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Please go to this pizzeria. Order the margherita pizza with double mozzarella. If you do not eat this pizza when you are in Naples, please lie to me and tell me that you did.
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Admittedly, I am not the one who looks fantastic in everything, but still I cannot help loving myself.
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The six elements of her Fail Proof Broken-Heart Curing Treatment: Vitamin E, get much sleep, drink much water, travel to a place far away from the person you loved, meditate and teach your heart that this is destiny.
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I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women.
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How could two people who were so in love not end up happily ever after? It had to work. Didn’t it?
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When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost.
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Change is all about motion, motion is all about uncertainty and we are deeply uncomfortable with uncertainty.
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