Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a story collection, Pilgrims (a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award); a novel, Stern Men; and The Last American Man (a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award).
AI导读
核心看点
记录作者离婚后全球旅行的治愈之旅
通过美食、祈祷与爱寻找内心平衡
探讨灵魂伴侣是镜子而非完美契合
读者共识
文笔通俗幽默,阅读体验轻松愉快
提供情感慰藉,引发强烈共鸣
存在争议,部分人觉得过于鸡汤
精彩摘录
""He probably was. Your problem is you don't understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so"
"Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots."
"We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. We have failed to recognize our deeper divine character."
"Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving.. You 'll see that you were in mourning and your hear was broken, but your life was changing and you were in the best possible place in the world for it-- in a beautiful place of worship, surrounded by grace."
"“But I love him." "So love him." "But I miss him." "So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, and then drop it. You're just afraid to let go of the last bits of David because then you'll really be alone, and Liz Gilbert is scared to death of what will happen if she's "
"it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection"
I am not interested in eat, But I do intesrest in the pray and love section.
a light and pleasant read, witty and reflexive, but that's about it.
我需要改變,十五歲起,我不是在戀愛就是在分手,我從沒為自己活過兩個星期,只和自己相處。
在马上迈入三字头的这年,好像开始理解人生真的就是认识自己的过程。
大部分时间我们都低估了做自己的难度。读完这本去年买来一直没翻开的书,更加确信,在某一时刻突然翻开一本很久没碰的书是因为这个时刻你需要这本书。无所事事,享受生活本身,不去“刻意”活成某一种样子太符合我目前的状态了,live a balanced life 比营造出的精彩人生更重要。希望我们都能自洽的活着。又是一本骗我去意大利的书(不是
泛黄的蒙肯纸,躺在手里轻若无物,封皮上的#1 BESTSELLER ,很多年前,先生买来给我时说,留着哪天咱俩离婚的时候你读读吧。理所应当我就认为这是本婚姻故事类畅销小说,嗤之以鼻,谢啦,但是你恐怕买了本丧偶了我都不会去读的书。TED上看了Chris Anderson 和Elizabeth Gilbert关于新冠时代“人的境况”的对话,我无法抑制得想去了解这位单单是说话的“仪态”就已经引起了我极大舒适感的女士。是沉静又欢喜的阅读体验,Liz拥有一种独特而灵动的运用英语的方式。一个好的阅读此书的后遗症是,现在,我在诉求宇宙给我一个open mind的时候,会小心翼翼得加上一句,但请不要是开颅手术那种,毕竟,宇宙有在倾听我,就像我也有在倾听她一样。