“There is a lot of satisfaction, a lot of joy, that can come from doing something you love and that you’re good… — Elizabeth Berg Joy Copy Share Image
“Willow trees dipped their bare branches into pond water like girls testing the temperature with their toes.” — Elizabeth Berg Bare branches Copy Share Image
“He tells her that, when Nola first died, he thought he’d die himself, of the sorrow.” — Elizabeth Berg Grief Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, I need to write about something in order to understand it. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I like my house to feel like a place where I can just lie back and say, 'Ahhhhh, I'm home.' — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
For me as a writer, it's so joyful to know that someone hears and responds to what I write. — Elizabeth Berg Joyful Copy Share Image
“...wear a hat and some old lady shoes, and you can do whatever you want.” — Elizabeth Berg Aging Copy Share Image
“You have so much love to give! But I feel like you’re all the time digging in the tomato bin, saying, ‘Where… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“ CONTENTS COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE DEDICATION APRIL 1943 VALENTINE’S DAY, 1946 SEPTEMBER 2006 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO” — Elizabeth Berg Happiness Copy Share Image
“All these small things are the glue that keeps you bound to your own life. They are the things that make you… — Elizabeth Berg Respect Copy Share Image
“Nothing helped until the day she took a tablet and pencil into the basement and moved the event out of her and… — Elizabeth Berg Heart Copy Share Image
It is one thing to see your friend dance around a table when she's 25, quite another thing to see her doing… — Elizabeth Berg Dance Copy Share Image
“When did After start? I don't remember it starting. I only remember it having arrived. Things were bad for such a long… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I got married at twenty-five and had children right away, so I didn't have the worry that I would never get to… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“If you say something over and over again, it begins to lose it's meaning... Say anything enough times and it becomes gibberish.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
But in spite of my great desire for intimacy, I've always been a loner. Perhaps when the longing for connection is as… — Elizabeth Berg Connections Copy Share Image
“You know...it's like you live your life opening doors. One after the other. You open a door onto a hallway, which leads… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Some people read an interesting or provocative newspaper article, and that's the end of that. A writer reads such an article, and… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
There are people who have never studied writing who are capable of being writers. I know this because I am an example.… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“We ate, we slept, we formed our kaleidoscopic relationships and marched ever forward. We licked chocolate from our fingers. We arranged flowers… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Oh, why isn’t there a Community Center for People Who Need a Little Something? If people would only tell the truth about… — Elizabeth Berg Truth Copy Share Image
“Hey. Know what happened to me today?" He sits back and crosses his arms, smiles. "No. What happened to you today?" "Well,… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I just don't know anymore. God! I'm in a bad mood! It's like walking around in an itchy coat.” — Elizabeth Berg Bad mood Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a novel, most of the time it starts with barest slip of an idea. — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy. — Elizabeth Berg Empathy Copy Share Image
When you've written long enough, you see that there's a common theme in your work. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the less I know about what I'm doing, the better the work is. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“When you take the small roads you see the life that goes on there, and this makes your own life larger.” — Elizabeth Berg Appreciation Copy Share Image
I would make an anonymous call and say, this is someone who cares, do you know what kind of children you have? — Elizabeth Berg Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book. — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. — Elizabeth Berg Adversity Copy Share Image
“What mattered was that at the end, someone who loved her sat by her, saying, I see you. I” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Good weather will do this to people, bond them in their gratefulness.” — Elizabeth Berg Good weather Copy Share Image
I have not been in a book club where there were any men, and I have not, in fact, heard of book… — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
The world of literature is so rich and so enriching. The value is inestimable of what reading does for you. — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“aging means the abandonment of criticism and the taking on of compassionate acceptance.” — Elizabeth Berg Acceptance Copy Share Image
“You know I love you, but you are one of the most exasperating people I have ever met.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
