“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
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Category: cool
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“I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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“I feel like there are women who are genuinely born to be mothers, and women who are born to be aunties, and women who really probably not should be allowed near children. The tragedy that happens is when any one of those women ends up in the wrong category.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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“As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act of love to chart the exit strategy before you enter the union, in order to make sure that not only you, but your partner as well, knows that there will be no World War III should hearts and minds, for any sad reason, change.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Category: change
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“Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you – the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love – may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Category: relationship
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“As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act of love to chart the exit strategy before you enter the union, in order to make sure that not only you, but your partner as well, knows that there will be no World War III should hearts and minds, for any sad reason, change.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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“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
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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“When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight – but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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“Mine is just a simple old human story – of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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“Listen – of course money changes everything, but so does sunlight, and so does food: These are powerful but neutral energy sources, neither inherently good nor evil but shaped only by the way we use them.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Category: money
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“As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act of love to chart the exit strategy before you enter the union, in order to make sure that not only you, but your partner as well, knows that there will be no World War III should hearts and minds, for any sad reason, change.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Category: marriage
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