“But I explained that deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope.”

American journalist and author

Elizabeth Gilbert is an American journalist and author. Her memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, was published in 2006 and became widely read around the world. The book has sold more than 12 million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2010, which helped make Gilbert a familiar name far beyond literary circles.