#even

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

I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#dream #enchanted #event #expectation #exquisitely

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#absurd #admirable #agreed #barack #barack obama

There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#alone #am #even #exciting #frustrating

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant. ↗

— Walter Gilbert

#about #develop #early #even #exercise

You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#evening #expectation #go #houses #know

I'm a neurotic Jew who doesn't want loans. I can't even carry a balance on my credit card without having a nervous breakdown. ↗

— Duff Goldman

#breakdown #card #carry #credit #credit card

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#ever #her #hope #politics #purify

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#conscience #coward #enough #faults #justice

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. ↗