Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

"Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order."

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"I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have a wedding."

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"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."

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"Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless."

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