Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert The Complete Collection of Over 1000 Quotes

"This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something." "You're wishin' too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be." "You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control." "When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings." "To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous." "To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life." "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions."