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I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Generally speaking, that's good drama - the marriage plot or the tragedy - but the reality of women's lives is that most of us don't get what we wanted, and most of us find ways to have really interesting lives anyway.
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Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
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Now imagine a life in which every day a person is presented with not two or even three but dozens of choices, and you can begin to grasp why the modern world has become, even with all its advantages, a neurosis-generating machine of the highest order.
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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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A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live?
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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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The appreciation of pleasure can be the anchor of humanity.
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Until I can feel as ecstatic about having a baby as I felt about going to New Zealand to search for giant squid, I cannot have a baby.
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If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around.
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I never wanted to be the person that waited for a stranger to come to town - I wanted to be the stranger!
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If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.
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Equally disquieting are the times when we do make a choice, only to later feel as though we have murdered some other aspect of our being by settling on one single concrete decision.
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What do I believe that I deserve in this life?
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There are always two figures in a marriage, two votes, two conflicting sets of decisions, desires and limitations.
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Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep.
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Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.
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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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