Elizabeth Gilbert - “I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed...”

“I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.”

Elizabeth Gilbert Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

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