Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage

Quotes

• “I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional tr...”
• “Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as...”
• “With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when ...”
• “Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of...”
• “You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned fr...”
• “Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it's more like love's shady second cousin who's always borrowing money ...”
• “I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.”
• “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.”
• “Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.”