Elizabeth Gilbert

Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#around #change #constant #frightening #hold

I've come to realize that the contemporary creative culture is not generating the best possible outcome. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#come #contemporary #creative #culture #generating

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#amusement #anymore #certainty #convictions #destiny

And we have a little herb garden, which survived the winter thanks to global warming. It makes me feel like a cool, old Italian housewife, that I kept my rosemary alive outside all winter. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#cool #feel #garden #global #global warming

If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#driving #i #if i could #read #showering

Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.'' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?' ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#always #enough #every #few #finally

I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#felt #i #into #life #made

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

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#given #heard #only #opportunity #speak

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#i #rigid #work #work hard #you

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

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#i #i see #life #light #like