Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Wonders will never cease.

A stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; Strange treasures lodged in this fair world appear, Strange all, and new to me. But that they mine should be, who nothing was, That strangest is of all, yet brought to pass.

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

People are always flabbergasted, like, 'You sing?'

If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.

The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us.

Wonder is like grace, in that it's not a condition we grasp; it grasps us. Wonder is not an obligatory element in the search for truth. We can seek truth without wonder's assistance. But seek is all we'll do; there will be no finding. Unless wonder descends, unlocks us ... truth is unable to enter. Wonder may be the aura of truth, the halo of it. Or something even closer. Wonder may be the caress of truth, touching our very skin.

The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.

Nothing but what astonishes is true.

No wonder is greater than any other wonder, and if once explained ceases to be a wonder.

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.

Astonishment is the proper response to reality.

What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidts the night of non-being.

If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.

There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins.

Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise, the inseparable attendants of imposture.

People never believe you.

Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.