"But if you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and lovely) does eventually pass."

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Source : Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.181, Bloomsbury Publishing

Elizabeth Gilbert

#Long Quotes #Lovely Quotes #Doe Quotes

“If you want a person's faults, go to those who love him. They will not tell you, but they know.”
“Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?”
“I like having options, alternate lives unlived but always possible.”
“Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.”
“What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it's instantaneous, and just to watch people light up, it's really amazing. I love that connection.”
“Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.”
“I do not concern myself with being unique, and I do not concern myself with success. I feel I just do and say what I am supposed to. I do not know where it comes from. I go where I am told, and I just allow whatever it is to come out.”
“Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.”

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