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Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest?

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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According to the mystics, this search for divine bliss is the entire purpose of a human life. this is why we all chose to be born, and this is why all the suffering and pain of life on earth is worthwhile--just for the chance to experience this infinite love. And once you have found this divinity within, can you hold it? Because if you can...bliss.
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The idea that a prisoner would confess to a complete stranger that he had committed a crime - I just didn't buy that.
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That competition and the struggle for existence is the mechanism behind this state of perpetual change.
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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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Ketut, why is life all crazy like this? I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the craziness of the world? Nothing. Ketut laughed, but with a dose of kindness. This is nature of world. This is destiny. Worry about your craziness only-make you in peace.
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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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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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Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.
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I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.
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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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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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They flank me - depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don't need to show their badges. I know these guys very well. ... Then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there. Depression even confiscates my identity but he always does that.
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