I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to.
Elizabeth GilbertIf we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary and eternal life force that surges and ebbs around us all the time? Apparently not. Because we have stopped paying attention.
Elizabeth GilbertBut never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.
Elizabeth Gilbertyou must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead.
Elizabeth GilbertReal, sane, mature loveโthe kind that pays the mortgage year after year and picks up the kids after schoolโis not based on infatuation but on affection and respect.
Elizabeth GilbertWe live in this society where you must constantly be reinventing yourself. The big question is what are you doing next. The only thing they want is composed of these three elements: They want you to do it the exact same way because they want more of it; but they want it to be totally different; and they want it to be better. That's all you have to do. You just have to do something that's exactly the same, totally different, and better.
Elizabeth Gilbert