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Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.'' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?'

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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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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In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets.
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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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I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.
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When the karma of a relationship is done, only love remains. It's safe. Let go.
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Who amongst us lives without sacrifice?
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The Hopi Indians thought that the world’s religions each contained one spiritual thread, and that these threads are always seeking each other, wanting to join. When all the threads are finally woven together they will form a rope that will pull us out of this dark cycle of history and into the next realm.
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I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.
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For the entire decade of my 30s and the early part of my 40s, I didn't write a word of fiction. I just left behind a dream of my life.
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The reality, certainly in my life, is that we all have love stories that go terribly wrong we all have horribly broken hearts. And somehow we endure. We're not destroyed by it.
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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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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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I will not harbor unhealthy thoughts anymore.
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I'm trying to dismantle a stereotype that in order to live any kind of creative life, you have to be in torment and suffering. We're addicted to this idea because it makes for good bio pics... but I actually think it's better to live a life where you're constantly exploring your curiosity and creativity.
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A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live?
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The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is a universal sympathy all around us… When we cease all argument and debate — both internal and external — our true questions can be heard and answered…That is the gathering of magic.
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God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies.
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At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.
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