#up

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

#better #better chance #born #both #chance

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

#born #brazil #communal #corrupt #democracies

Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#best friend #friend #husband #inspiration #intellectual

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

#america #anybody #based #french #headlines

There's no reason to keep a piece of furniture in your house that is so sacred and rare that you can't put your feet up on it and a dog can't jump up on it. Likewise, a book that sits on a shelf like a piece of porcelain, only to be admired, never to be read again, is a dead book. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#again #book #dead #dog #feet

We set up one rule in our house, which is, 'Guests of guests cannot bring guests.' That rule was required because that happened one weekend, and we finally said, 'Okay, you know what? That's a little too much.' ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#bring #cannot #finally #guests #happened

Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training. ↗

— Melissa Gilbert

#any #education #formal #i #i was raised

I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group. ↗

— Sara Gilbert

#eye #group #hang #i #i do

Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#create #just #picked #rattle #shake

The rise of King Crimson was so fast that, to me, it felt as if it was going out of control. And it was going so fast that I couldn't keep up with what was happening. ↗

— Michael Giles

#crimson #fast #felt #going #happening