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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
Connecticut
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Richard didn't even have time to ask if I thought I'd ever amount to anything in this life before I looked him eye to eye and said, I already have, mister.
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When I diagnose my depression now, I think it was partially about saying goodbye to these kids that I always expected to have but already knew that I wouldn't.
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Your fear is the most boring thing about you.
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What time has ever been a simple time for those who are living it?
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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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That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like, 'I think you're terrific'... It's just simple, showing up for each other.
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Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being.
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Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.
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Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.
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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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I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle.
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I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery.
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God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy. Because of this extraordinary consciousness and this great ability for wonder and marvel, and without denying any of the terrors and horrors of the world, we also have an obligation toward joy and toward miracle and excitement.
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The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams.
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You have to work ceaselessly on your end to digest and imbibe your opportunities or, I have come to believe, they will gradually slip away and knock on someone else's more receptive door.
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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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I've ruined my eyes, I've ruined my health from my studiousness!
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