You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be. - Elizabeth Gilbert

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You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.

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About Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth M. Gilbert (born 18 July 1969) is an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, biographer, and memoirist.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Erik Charlton from Menlo Park, USA (CC BY)

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