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Down went the owners -- greedy men whom hope of gain allured: oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured.


W. S. Gilbert

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1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
2. You have just cl...
ELIZABETH GILBERT The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is be...
ELIZABETH GILBERT At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.
ELIZABETH GILBERT One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.
ELIZABETH GILBERT The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny...
ELIZABETH GILBERT I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot ye...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Fear--who cares?
ELIZABETH GILBERT People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate i...
ELIZABETH GILBERT It's still two human beings trying to get along, so it's going to be complicated. And love is always...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed.
ELIZABETH GILBERT The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than stayin...
ELIZABETH GILBERT We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitti...
ELIZABETH GILBERT You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the s...
ELIZABETH GILBERT I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.
ELIZABETH GILBERT I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.
ELIZABETH GILBERT I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, 'There are only two questions t...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Operation Self-Esteem--Day Fucking One.
ELIZABETH GILBERT Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you wan...
ELIZABETH GILBERT I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill ...
ELIZABETH GILBERT One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual ex...
ELIZABETH GILBERT It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away.
ELIZABETH GILBERT The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than stayin...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.
ELIZABETH GILBERT There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.
ELIZABETH GILBERT In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need o...
ELIZABETH GILBERT I think I deserve something beautiful.
ELIZABETH GILBERT The Bhagavad Gita--that ancient Indian Yogic text--says that it is better to live your own destiny i...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.
ELIZABETH GILBERT