Here was something I already knew to be true about myself: Just as there are some wives who will occasionally need a break from their husbands in order to visit a spa for the weekend with their girlfriends, I will always be the sort of wife who occasionally needs a break from her husband in order to visit Cambodia. Just for a few days!
Elizabeth GilbertIn fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.
Elizabeth GilbertMy restlessness makes me a far better day-to-day traveler than he will ever be. I am infinitely curious and almost infinitely patient with mishaps, discomforts, and minor disasters. So I can go anywhere on the planetโthatโs not a problem. The problem is that I just canโt live anywhere on the planet.
Elizabeth GilbertMaturity brings - among other things - the ability to sustain and survive enormous contradictions and disappointments.
Elizabeth GilbertI think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important.
Elizabeth GilbertI push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.
Elizabeth GilbertThat is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.
Elizabeth Gilbert