When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Le... - Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

"When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings."

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