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I like it when science and devotion find places of intersection.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.
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Success isn't about acquiring things, it's about discovering your life purpose and following the call
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God dwells within you, as you.
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The appreciation of pleasure can be the anchor of humanity.
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What time has ever been a simple time for those who are living it?
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I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom I know what she put into it.
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The trick at every turn was to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival were punishingly slim, for the world was naught by a school of calamity and an endless burning furnace of tribulation. But those who survived the world shaped it--even as the world, simultaneously, shaped them.
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A lot of [erotica] was really interestingly disguised in the 19th-century as medical journals. So it would be in the voice of a learned doctor talking about somebody's pathologies. And then it would get really detailed. And then it would get really sweaty. And then you're like, This isn't a doctor! I would like to see a degree, Mister!
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I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression - that you should take on this work like a holy calling.
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a woman's place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching her husband cook dinner.
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Dear me, how I love a library.
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If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.
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One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.
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he was still my romantic hero and I was still his living dream
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When the karma of a relationship is done, only love remains. It's safe. Let go.
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We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.
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If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it.
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