"You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know, like the font and the essence and the source of all divine, creative, unknowable, eternal mystery is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche. It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun"
- Elizabeth Gilbert
About this Quote
In this quote, the speaker is expressing their belief that it is unreasonable and frustrating to anticipate one person to bring the weight of being the personification of all things divine, innovative, and mysterious. They compare this expectation to asking somebody to swallow the sun, emphasizing the impossibility and absurdity of such a task. Making use of words like "fragile" and "human" recommend that the speaker recognizes the restrictions and vulnerabilities of the human mind, and believes that it is not equipped to handle such a huge obligation. In general, the quote highlights the threat of putting excessive pressure and expectation on one person, and the value of acknowledging and appreciating the constraints of human beings.
This quote is written / told by Elizabeth Gilbert somewhere between July 18, 1969 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA.
The author also have 5 other quotes.
"In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence"
"Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply"
