Who is Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert (born July 18, 1969) is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, which has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. The book was also made into a film of the same name in 2010.

Early life

Gilbert was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1969. Her father, John Gilbert, was a chemical engineer at Uniroyal; her mother, Carole, was a nurse and established a Planned Parenthood clinic.When Gilbert was four, her parents bought a Christmas tree farm in Litchfield, Connecticut. The family lived in the country with no neighbors; they did not own a television or record player. Consequently, the family read a great deal, and Gilbert and her older sister Catherine Gilbert Murdock...
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Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

• What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce.
• I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they can't find me and I can spend all day reading or walking all alone, in silence, eight thousand miles away from everyone. All alone and unreachable in a foreign country is one my most favorite possible things to be.
• There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right.
• What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce.
• Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration.

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Comments about Elizabeth Gilbert

• Kcranews: eat, pray, love and get creative: elizabeth gilbert, the author of "eat pray love," is taking on creativity these days.
• Quotableque: "life is a journey and only you hold the map." - elizabeth gilbert -author
• Cryptocesar26: maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling. -elizabeth gilbert
• Vigeeh: “that’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.” ~ elizabeth gilbert
• Prapti2019: "your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." ~ elizabeth gilbert

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