Elizabeth Gilbert

I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life; I don't think this is a strong enough motivation to bring more babies onto the earth. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#life

a woman's place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching her husband cook dinner. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#inspirational #love #relatioships #inspirational

There are always two figures in a marriage, two votes, two conflicting sets of decisions, desires and limitations. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#elizbeth-gilbert #love #pray #love

I couldn't care less about evidence and proof and assurances. I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#faith #god #faith

Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#marriage #marriage

But we are not what the other one needs, still he is certain that I will find great love in my life someday. He is sure of it. After all, he says, beauty attracts beauty. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#beauty

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#happiness #peace #spirit #wisdom #art

The gods are fond of the cryptic and dislike the evident. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#spirituality #upanishads #love

There's a reason they call God a presence-because God is right here, right now. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#inspirational

Marriage is a game. They (the anxious and powerful) set the rules. We (the ordinary and subversive) bow obediently before those rules. And then we go home and do whatever the hell we want anyhow. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#marriage #love