{"author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert","total_quotes":398,"quotes":[{"text":"Then again, you cannot stop the flood of desire as it moves through the world, inappropriate though it may sometimes be. It is the prerogative of all humans to make ludicrous choices, to fall in love with the most unlikely of partners, and to set themselves up for the most predicatable of calamities.","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["desire","fidelity"],"id":191,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["creativity"],"id":340,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"But doesn't that make sense? That the infinite would be, indeed... Infinite? That even the most holy amongst us would only be able to see scattered pictures of the eternal picture at any given time? And that maybe if we could collect those pieces and compare them, a story about God would begin to emerge that resembles and includes everyone?","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["god","religion"],"id":1405,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"We had more fun waiting in line together at the Department of Motor Vehicles than most couples have on their honeymoons. We gave each other same nickname, so there would be no separation between us. We made goals, vows, promises and dinner together. He read books to me...","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["relationship"],"id":2122,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"God dwells within you, as you.","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["god"],"id":2873,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don't need to show me thier badges. I know these guys very well.","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["depression","loneliness"],"id":11439,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses--one foot is on the horse called 'fate,' the other on the horse called 'free will.' And the question you have to ask every day is--which horse is which? Which horse do I need to stop worrying about because it's not under my control, and which do I need to steer with concentrated effort?","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["fate","free-will","life"],"id":11754,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"Every healthy marriage is composed of walls and windows. The windows are the aspects of your relationship that are open to the world—that is, the necessary gaps through which you interact with family and friends; the walls are the barriers of trust behind which you guard the most intimatesecrets of your marriage.","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["boundaries","fidelity","marriage"],"id":14461,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"I had to do something about my longing, so I got up, went to the kitchen in my nightgown, peeled a pound of potatoes, boiled them up, sliced them, fried them in butter, salted them generously and ate every bite of them - asking my body the whole while if it would please accept the satisfaction of a pound of fried potatoes in lieu of the fulfillment of lovemaking.My body replied, only after eating every bite of food: 'No deal, babe.","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["food","life","longing","love","women"],"id":15997,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"},{"text":"I asked, 'You mean, you might as well spend your life going upward, through the happy places, since heaven and hell - the destinations - are the same thing anyway?'Same - same,' he said. 'Same in end, so better to be happy on journey.'I said, 'So, if heaven is love, then hell is...'Love, too,' he said.","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","tags":["heaven","hell","life","philosophy","spirituality"],"id":16424,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gilbert"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":398,"pages":40,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}