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ELIZABETH BOWEN Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. ELIZABETH BOWEN When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ELIZABETH BOWEN The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it... ELIZABETH BOWEN The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicate... ELIZABETH HARDWICK Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked. ELIZABETH BERG Says Momma: “I got handed lemons, too, y’know but I learned how to make lemonade with them… No... ELIZABETH FLOCK People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn... ELIZABETH GILBERT You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. T... ELIZABETH GILBERT In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustai... ELIZABETH GILBERT The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating ELIZABETH SCOTT The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy o... ELIZABETH GILBERT The King once said to me, 'Harold, you stand above all other men.' I said, 'No, Sire. I want nothing... ELIZABETH ALDER You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta ... ELIZABETH GILBERT To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border o... ELIZABETH GILBERT Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll ... ELIZABETH GILBERT Her romances often seemed like dalliances; she enjoyed male company and blossomed in its presence, b... ELIZABETH WINDER I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and w... ELIZABETH GILBERT But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling... ELIZABETH GILBERT Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone. ELIZABETH GILBERT Instructions for freedom": 1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions. 2. You have just cl... ELIZABETH GILBERT Even someone you've inhabited rooms with, and seen naked everyday, seen sitting on the toilet throug... ELIZABETH KOSTOVA 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 Mary Queen of Scots had a little dog, a Skye terrier, that was devoted to her. Moments after Mary wa... ELIZABETH WEIN 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 I don't believe for a minute-that we wouldn't have become friends somehow-that an unexploded bomb wo... ELIZABETH WEIN Wherever I go, I'll always see you. You'll always be with me. And there's no happy ending coming her... ELIZABETH SCOTT 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