As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality. Everything here eventually dies; we're just the lucky ones who get to think about this fact every day.


Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything (ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009) - ISBN: 9781408808665

Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality....

As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality....

As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality....

As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality....