Quote

God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Waterbury
Connecticut
Joy
Wants
Happy

More quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

Image
If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
Sometimes out hearts are broken so new light can get in.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
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.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life and discovered that despite how lazy and inattentive I was as a child, I had managed to accidentally learn quite a bit about gardening.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
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.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
It used to be that god was revealed in the wonders of nature now God was being challenged by those same wonders. Scholars were now required to choose one side or the other.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being a literal anatomy and a poetic anatomy. One, you can see one, you cannot. One is made of bones and teeth and flesh the other is made of energy and memory and faith. But they are both equally true.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
I completely respect the ways people are bound in the lives that they have, whether it's because of forces outside of their control or choices that they've made that they want to honor with their own responsibilities and obligations - taking care of people around them or being a part of a community, or their work.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
You love new boyfriend? I think so. Yes. Then you must spoil him. And he must spoil you.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
I will not harbor unhealthy thoughts anymore.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
Your tears are my prayers.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
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.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
The nineteenth century was the last moment in history when a relatively educated layperson could follow what was going on in the world of science and invention to a wide degree. Also, there were no professionals. This was a time when amateur explorers, naturalists and enthusiasts were are still making major contributions to progress.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
There's nothing special about your fear.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of uninterrupted years, they are absolutely correct, but in only one respect-only if they happen to be talking about Judaism.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
Attraversiamo (meaning Lets cross over in Italian)
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest?
Elizabeth Gilbert
Image
If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.
Elizabeth Gilbert