Shannon Simpson

“I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because if even one broken and limited human being could experience even one such episode of absolute forgiveness and acceptance of her own self, then imagine—just imagine!—what God, in all His eternal compassion, can forgive and accept.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“(“To listen to his singing,” Billy diagnosed, “is to have the rare pleasure of envying the deaf.”)”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls

“For some reason, I feel the same way about you that I felt about my kids when they were small—that it wasn’t their job to love me, it was my job to love them.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Except theirs was the sort of love that best thrives when a husband and wife are separated by the distance of an entire continent. (“Don’t laugh,” my grandmother said. “A lot of marriages would work better that way.”)”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls