But it also left me in a really tricky position moving forward as an author trying to figure out how in the world I was ever going to write a book again that would ever please anybody, because I knew well in advance that all of those people who had adored "Eat, Pray, Love" were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it wasn't going to be "Eat, Pray, Love," and all of those people who had hated "Eat, Pray, Love" were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it would provide evidence that I still lived.
Samas pani see mu kirjanikuna  üsna keerulisse olukorda, sest pidin nüüd välja nuputama, kuidas kirjutada järgmine raamat, mis vastaks inimeste ootustele. Ma teadsin seda juba ette, et kõik, kes jumaldasid raamatut "Söö. Palveta. Armasta", pettuksid igal juhul meeletult, ükskõik, mida ma järgmiseks kirjutaksin, sest see poleks enam see raamat. Ja kõik need, kes seda raamatut vihkasid, pettuksid samamoodi väga, mida iganes ma kirjutaksin, sest see näitaks, et olen ikka veel elus.