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True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce.
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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain lottery tickets I can buy, thereby increasing my odds of finding contentment. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with.
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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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Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest?
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Look - I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined lunch?
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Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
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I am a better person when I have less on my plate.
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I still can’t say whether I ever want children….I can only say how I feel now--grateful to be on my own. I also know that I won’t go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life I don’t think this is a strong enough motivation to bring more babies onto the earth.
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