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If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Am Autonomous Become Being Guardian Must My Own Over Own Role Take Then Truly Woman I Am

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My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: American Born Brazil Communal Corrupt Democracy Dictatorship Europe Existence Experiment Few Filthy Grew He His Husband Israel Lived Living Moved Out Socialist Spent Twenties Up Utopian Various Where While Years

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I am far more of a loner than people would imagine. But I am the most gregarious and socially interactive loner you ever met. The thing is, I am fascinated by people's stories and I'm very talkative and can't ever say no to anything or anyone, so I tend to over-socialize, to give away too much of my time to the many people I adore.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Adore Am Anyone Anything Away Ever Far Fascinated Give Gregarious Imagine Interactive Loner Many Met More Most Much My Time People Say Socially Stories Talkative Tend Than Thing Time Too Too Much Very Would You I Am

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Most important, though, I had to wait until I found the perfect traveling/eating/drinking/napping companion. And I did finally find him, two years ago - my Brazilian-born, French-speaking, wine-worshipping, tripe-consuming, uncomplaining traveler of a sweetheart.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Companion Did Finally Find Found Had Him Important Most Perfect Sweetheart Though Traveler Two Until Wait Years Years Ago

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I have no business being a journalist. I'm the least, I'm the least - I'm the most trusting, I absolutely make a habit of believing anything that anybody tells me about themselves. I've never had any reason in the world to think that anyone has wanted to harm me, or lie to me. I believe whatever is being sold, most of the time.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: About Absolutely Any Anybody Anyone Anything Being Believe Believing Business Habit Had Harm Journalist Least Lie Make Me Most Never No Business Reason Sold Tells Themselves Think Time Trusting Wanted Whatever World I Believe

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Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you - the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love - may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Any Bad Belongs Contract Discover Doomed Escape Grant Law Leave Legally Long Love Lover Marriage Married May Person Portion Quit Relationship Significant Sometimes Soon State Takes Time Unmarried Very Wants While Who You Your

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Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: America Better Better Chance Born Both Chance Child Couple Europe Family Growing Growing Up Here His House Married Parents Revere Reverence Sweden Than Thing Today Unit Unmarried Up Which Why

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I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Afraid Always Because Been Disappointed Dislike Me People Saying Them Want

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But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that creativity was this divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source, for distant and unknowable reasons.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Ancient Ancient Rome Attendant Back Beings Believe Believed Came Creativity Did Distant Divine Greece Happen Human Human Beings Ok People Reasons Rome Some Source Spirit Then Unknowable

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You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know, like the font and the essence and the source of all divine, creative, unknowable, eternal mystery is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche. It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Allowing Asking Believe Creative Divine Essence Eternal Fragile He He Or She Human Just Know Like Mere Much Mystery Person Psyche Put Responsibility She Somebody Source Sun Swallow Think Too Too Much Unknowable Vessel You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: July 18th, 1969

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