To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - th... - Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

"Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that any separation will now cause a lacerating injury."

"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."

"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous."

"With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when I would stand there waiting for him to arrive, wondering, Will I still know him? Will he still know me?"