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There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight of my female ancestors, all those Swedish farmwives from beyond the grave who were like, 'Go! Go to Naples! Eat more pizza! Go to India, ride an elephant! Do it! Swim in the Indian Ocean. Read those books. Learn a language.'

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Ancestors Beyond Books Eat Elephant Feel Female Go God Grave India Indian Language Learn Like Love More Naples Ocean Pizza Pray Read Ride Swear Swedish Swim Those Times Traveling Weight Were Who Would

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If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Gives Glorious Lemonade Lemons Life Make Making Scene Settle Simply Stand You

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I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how it should be. But I don't necessarily know that it's the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Affection Begins Deal Did Down Down The Road Ends Excitement Expect First First Kiss Great Great Deal How Kiss Know Look Love Love Story Necessarily Night Passion Road Romance Should Still Story Thing Think Wisest Wonderful World Years Your I Think

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Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Alter Beverage Book Comfortable Couch Distractions Existence Forever Just Lift Me Nice Oh Out Stop Thinking Time Want Weekend Will

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I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they can't find me and I can spend all day reading or walking all alone, in silence, eight thousand miles away from everyone. All alone and unreachable in a foreign country is one my most favorite possible things to be.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: All Day Alone Also Away Country Day Eight Everyone Family Favorite Find Foreign Foreign Country Friends Friends And Family Love Me Miles Most Possible Reading Silence Spend Things Thousand Thousand Miles Walking I Love I Can

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I have these new policies toward my life, like 'I will not accelerate when I see the yellow light.'

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Accelerate Life Light Like My Life New Policies See Toward Will Yellow I See

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Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: About Care Craves Creativity Destiny Diligence Happen Happens Itself Learn Like Love Metaphor Monk Much Mule Next Only Other Process Regardless Representative Results Some The Only Thing Thing To Love Too Too Much Wants Whatever Will Without Work You

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Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about the French, based upon movies, rumors, recent headlines, unfortunate run-ins with Parisian waiters, or... you know... all that unpleasantness surrounding the Vichy regime.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: About America Anybody Based French Headlines Hold Know Like Me Movies Negative Now Opinions Practically Recent Regime Rumors Some Surrounding Then Unfortunate You

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If you are given only one opportunity to speak, be certain your voice is heard.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Certain Given Heard Only Opportunity Speak Voice You Your

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I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know anybody who's married for a long time who hasn't somehow made room in their love story for the hate and resentment that they sometimes feel toward each other.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Always Anybody Each Feel Happy Hate Know Long Long Time Look Love Love Story Made Marriages Married Must Other People Resentment Room Somehow Sometimes Story Think Time Together Toward Who I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: July 18th, 1969

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